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new lenox’s Award-Winning Hometown Newspaper newlenoxpatriot.com • April 12, 2018 • Vol. 11 No. 5 • $1<br />
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A home and<br />
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Comedian Mike<br />
Toomey, from the<br />
WGN Morning<br />
News, works the<br />
crowd Saturday,<br />
April 7, during<br />
Comedy for the<br />
Critters — a<br />
benefit for TLC<br />
Animal Shelter<br />
in Homer Glen<br />
— hosted by<br />
VFW Post 9545<br />
in New Lenox.<br />
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Handmade<br />
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New woodshop<br />
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Comedians put on<br />
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the New Lenox Patriot | April 12, 2018 | 3<br />
Man, dog die after house fire<br />
Police: Off-brand<br />
phone charger<br />
may have caused<br />
electrical fire<br />
James Sanchez, Editor<br />
From April 3<br />
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A home on the 2200 block of Sanford Avenue caught fire on<br />
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A 69-year-old New Lenox<br />
resident died Friday, April<br />
6, following a house fire on<br />
April 3 that took place on<br />
the 2200 block of Sanford<br />
Avenue.<br />
Larry Crabb Sr. reportedly<br />
was removed from the<br />
burning home by his son,<br />
Larry Crabb Jr., and a utility<br />
line worker, who was<br />
working nearby. A dog died<br />
during the fire, said Deputy<br />
Chief Louis Alessandrini.<br />
Crabb Sr. was taken to<br />
Silver Cross Hospital and<br />
was later transferred to<br />
Loyola Medical Center’s<br />
Burn Center, Alessandrini<br />
added.<br />
Alessandrini said Crabb<br />
Jr. was out to take another<br />
dog they have to the vet<br />
and came back at around<br />
9:30 a.m. to find that the<br />
house was on fire. He solicited<br />
help from the aforementioned<br />
utility line<br />
worker to help save his<br />
dad. The tri-level home<br />
sustained “extreme” damage<br />
before it was extinguished<br />
by the New Lenox<br />
Fire Protection District<br />
and several other area fire<br />
departments, according to<br />
a press release from the<br />
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Alessandrini said the<br />
cause of the fire is still under<br />
investigation, but he<br />
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One person sent to Silver<br />
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Lady - A Women’s Expo to return April 21 to Tinley Park Convention Center<br />
Jon DePaolis<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
It is a Mother’s Day tradition<br />
unlike any other.<br />
Lady - A Women’s Expo,<br />
presented by 22nd Century<br />
Media and Planet Fitness,<br />
is set to return from 9 a.m.-<br />
1 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at<br />
the Tinley Park Convention<br />
Center, 18451 Convention<br />
Center Drive in Tinley Park.<br />
The annual event also is<br />
sponsored by the Chicago<br />
Sky, Ingalls Health System<br />
and Celebrity Cruises.<br />
The free event has more<br />
than 100 vendors slated to<br />
attend this year — covering<br />
health and wellness to<br />
fashion and beauty, food to<br />
financial planning — making<br />
it the largest Lady expo<br />
to date, according to Heather<br />
Warthen, chief events officer<br />
at 22nd Century Media.<br />
“The nice thing about<br />
this expo that I see year to<br />
Lady – A Women’s Expo: Four hacks to get the most out of your visit<br />
Jon DePaolis, Freelance Reporter<br />
A lot of people will be strolling<br />
through the aisles Saturday, April 21,<br />
for the fifth annual Lady – A Women’s<br />
Expo. We asked Heather Warthen,<br />
22nd Century Media’s chief events officer<br />
and resident expert expo authority,<br />
for some “hacks” for those who<br />
plan to attend, so they can make best<br />
use of their time there.<br />
1. Scout ahead: Take a look at the<br />
event’s Eventbrite webpage before<br />
you head to the convention center. It<br />
will have the full list of vendors, an<br />
year is that we see a lot of<br />
girls getting together and<br />
starting a ladies day out,”<br />
Warthen said. “We also<br />
draw moms, daughters and<br />
granddaughters. That’s what<br />
makes me happy. It’s a great<br />
prelude into Mother’s Day<br />
weekend and a great chance<br />
event schedule for the fitness classes,<br />
cooking demos and main stage entertainment.<br />
Map out some things you<br />
definitely want to do and save yourself<br />
some idle time.<br />
2. Arrive early to get some swag:<br />
Have you ever heard the expression,<br />
“The early bird gets the worm?” Well,<br />
in this case, early arrivers have the<br />
best chance at receiving a free gift bag.<br />
There only are 500 of these bad boys,<br />
so the closer you arrive to 9 a.m., the<br />
better your chance to pick one up.<br />
3. Be a trendsetter; go against the<br />
for women of all ages to<br />
bond.”<br />
Among the highlights this<br />
year will be an expanded<br />
roster of vendors, as well as<br />
entertainment options.<br />
“I think people like to see<br />
what the vendors have to<br />
offer,” Warthen said. “It’s a<br />
great opportunity, because<br />
we have an entire stage of<br />
cooking demos, which is<br />
back again this year. We<br />
have some great local chefs,<br />
and you can pick up some<br />
new cooking tips. I know<br />
that was a huge draw last<br />
year.”<br />
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flow: Warthen says that oftentimes,<br />
expogoers tend to follow a similar path<br />
through the aisles, leading to some<br />
congestion at certain spots. One way<br />
to avoid that? Be a trailblazer and walk<br />
in the opposite direction, by working<br />
from the back to the front.<br />
4. Don’t be a hero, choose comfort<br />
over style: If those boots aren’t made<br />
for walking, leave them at home. With<br />
approximately 100 vendors and some<br />
serious entertainment, odds are your<br />
daily step count is going to exceed your<br />
goal. Wear some comfortable shoes.<br />
She also pointed to the<br />
main stage attractions, such<br />
as Danni Allen — the winner<br />
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• 9:30-10 a.m. Cardio<br />
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• 10-10:45 a.m. Planet<br />
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the New Lenox Patriot | April 12, 2018 | 5<br />
Comedy event at VFW generates laughs, funds for TLC Animal Shelter<br />
Laurie Fanelli<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
There are a lot of ways to<br />
help shelter dogs and cats,<br />
but it doesn’t get much easier<br />
than TLC Animal Shelter’s<br />
latest fundraiser. On<br />
Saturday, April 7, more than<br />
170 animal lovers gathered<br />
at VFW Post 9545 to generate<br />
funds – and a whole lot<br />
of laughter – at the Comedy<br />
for Critters benefit.<br />
WGN Morning News<br />
comedian Mike Toomey,<br />
of New Lenox, hosted the<br />
fundraiser – sponsored by<br />
Tucker’s Doggie Delights,<br />
Fabians Flooring and Trader<br />
Magazine – while Jim Flannigan<br />
and John Da Cosse delivered<br />
hilarious sets “purr”-<br />
fect for the occasion.<br />
“Along with the comedians,<br />
sponsors and supporters,<br />
I also want to thank<br />
VFW 9545,” said TLC volunteer<br />
and event organizer<br />
Tracy Lesmeister. “They<br />
are so generous with their<br />
time and efforts, letting me<br />
hold all my events here. It’s<br />
such a big beautiful space,<br />
and they are such wonderful<br />
people,”<br />
Soon after doors opened at<br />
7 p.m., the VFW was packed<br />
with pet owners eager to enjoy<br />
a night of comedy. Homer<br />
Glen resident Robin Jost<br />
and her husband, Andy, were<br />
inspired to attend Comedy<br />
for Critters in honor of their<br />
beloved dog Lily.<br />
“We have a little dog that<br />
we love so we have a soft<br />
spot in our hearts to donate<br />
to the dogs,” she said. “And<br />
comedy is always fun, so it’s<br />
a double header.”<br />
VFW Post 9545 Chaplain<br />
“Wild” Bill Welch, and his<br />
wife Cathy’s, love of animals<br />
– especially their 90-pound<br />
pit bull Scooby Doo – also<br />
motivated them to pick-up<br />
tickets to the event.<br />
“I used to work at a vet<br />
Jim Flannigan’s set featured jokes about online dating and<br />
growing up Catholic.<br />
clinic,” Cathy said. “We did<br />
a lot of vetting for an animal<br />
rescue so it’s something that<br />
I’ve been involved in since<br />
about 1995. We like to support<br />
TLC.”<br />
Even the evening’s comedians<br />
were animal lovers.<br />
Toomey has previously adopted<br />
from TLC and his current<br />
dog, a Norfolk Terrier<br />
mix, was also a shelter pet.<br />
“TLC is one of my favorite<br />
places in the world and<br />
even when I’m not looking<br />
for a dog, I go there to look<br />
at the dogs,” he said. “They<br />
do such a great job and they<br />
make it very easy for people<br />
to do the right thing. ...They<br />
are good people doing a<br />
good thing.”<br />
After a cocktail hour featuring<br />
food and drinks for sale<br />
from the VFW, it was time<br />
for the comedy show to begin.<br />
Toomey started things off<br />
with some crowd work before<br />
detailing the finer points of<br />
being a pet owner. Flannigan<br />
found the funny in everything<br />
from growing up Catholic to<br />
navigating the world of online<br />
dating while, later, Da Cosse<br />
closed things out as the evening’s<br />
headliner.<br />
A split-the-pot raffle gave<br />
Comedy for Critters attendees<br />
further opportunities to<br />
support TLC. People can<br />
always stop by the animal<br />
shelter, located at 13016 W.<br />
151st St. in Homer Glen, to<br />
make further donations.<br />
“We’re always in need<br />
of cleaning supplies, toys,<br />
and gas cards to help to defray<br />
the cost of transports of<br />
animals from high-kill shelters<br />
and to get our dogs to<br />
and from the vet when they<br />
are sick,” Lesmeister said.<br />
“Also, gift cards to Menards<br />
and Home Depot are always<br />
needed to help with shelter<br />
upkeep because, like running<br />
a house, that building<br />
has its wear and tear.”<br />
Lesmeister added that<br />
the shelter is not in need of<br />
food at the moment, but supporters<br />
can always check<br />
Julie Overcash cracks up during Mike Toomey’s set Saturday, April 7, during Comedy for<br />
Critters hosted at VFW Post 9545 in New Lenox. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />
New Lenox resident Mike Toomey was the opening act, followed by comedians Jim<br />
Flannigan and John Da Cosse.<br />
the non-profit’s Amazon<br />
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help. TLC Animal Shelter<br />
can also be supported by<br />
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which gives 0.5 percent of<br />
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to the group.<br />
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Red Hat Garage Sale<br />
on May 18 – can be found at<br />
www.tlcanimalshelter.org.
6 | April 12, 2018 | The New Lenox Patriot News<br />
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New Frankfort woodshop’s name inspired by New Lenox resident<br />
Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor<br />
Like a scene from HGTV’s<br />
“Fixer Upper,” Mike Moyzis<br />
and Stacey Burke are constantly<br />
creating something<br />
new from something old.<br />
Vintage and repurposed<br />
home goods are their specialty,<br />
which will soon be showcased<br />
in downtown Frankfort<br />
at Morgan’s Place. Moyzis<br />
and Burke, who run the store,<br />
have been creating for countless<br />
years, and teach woodworking<br />
and crafting classes<br />
at their warehouse near Center<br />
and Laraway roads.<br />
During the store’s grand<br />
opening celebration on Sunday,<br />
April 15, visitors will get<br />
a chance to meet the shop’s<br />
namesake Morgan Schiller,<br />
a Lincoln-Way Central senior<br />
who is the daughter of<br />
Burke’s longtime friend Michelle<br />
Schiller.<br />
The two have been friends<br />
since attending the College<br />
of St. Francis together, and<br />
Burke said Morgan has had<br />
a significant impact on the<br />
lives of her and her friends.<br />
Of the four friends, Burke<br />
said they have “been through<br />
hell and back,” but have remained<br />
friends and leaned on<br />
one another through it all.<br />
All of life’s “junk,” as<br />
Burke calls it, can start to<br />
wear you down, but she said<br />
Morgan, an outgoing and<br />
friendly teen, has been inspirational<br />
for them because of<br />
her beautiful personality.<br />
“It’s been a journey for us<br />
throughout her life, she’s been<br />
though a lot, but because of<br />
who she is she’s just such a<br />
good person,” Burke said of<br />
Morgan, who was diagnosed<br />
with Williams syndrome as a<br />
young child. “Being that good<br />
of a person, I think that’s what<br />
I believe, and what Mike believes,<br />
is who most people are<br />
at their core.”<br />
The goodness, kindness,<br />
friendship, loyalty and love<br />
that Burke said they have<br />
learned from Morgan is what<br />
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fuels the pair’s business model,<br />
and she and Moyzis want<br />
to bring that to everyone who<br />
comes into their new shop.<br />
Besides being able to pick<br />
up just about anything on<br />
the side of the road and turn<br />
it into something useful or<br />
decorative, Burke, who has<br />
a master’s degree in social<br />
work, said she believes that<br />
“there isn’t anybody that<br />
you can’t work with, and<br />
you can’t help, and you can’t<br />
shape and mold.”<br />
“Everybody just wants<br />
to be loved, everybody just<br />
wants love in their life and<br />
friendship, so we like to be<br />
the home base for people in<br />
general,” she said.<br />
Moyzis said the business<br />
is an opportunity for them to<br />
give back to the community<br />
through their customized approach<br />
and attention to detail<br />
in each project they work on.<br />
“Our society is so ‘me,<br />
me, me’ orientated right<br />
now,” Moyzis said, “so this<br />
is an opportunity for us to<br />
give back, so to speak ... We<br />
want this to be a place where<br />
you can come and enjoy the<br />
love and enjoy the opportunity<br />
to have things made<br />
for yourself and hopefully a<br />
place where we can make a<br />
difference in kind of a different<br />
way in people’s lives.”<br />
Burke said people are often<br />
surprised that they are able to<br />
recreate or customize something<br />
a customer has seen on<br />
Morgan’s Place Co., located at 9 W. Nebraska St. in Frankfort, will open Sunday, April 15. Photos Submitted<br />
Pinterest or taken a photo of<br />
at another store.<br />
“That’s the cool thing<br />
about this store: everybody<br />
is wired differently,” Moyzis<br />
said. “They can walk in and<br />
get what they want.”<br />
In addition to creating<br />
unique pieces for people,<br />
they also teach classes at their<br />
warehouse for people to learn<br />
to do it themselves and will<br />
sell a variety of paints and<br />
stains and other do-it-yourself<br />
supplies at their shop.<br />
Their talents are put to<br />
work in setting up in-home<br />
parties for locals as well, and<br />
Burke’s friend Tara Triefenbach<br />
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the event to soak up the love<br />
— and maybe some sun, if<br />
the weather cooperates.<br />
The Frankfort woodshop’s name was inspired by Lincoln-Way Central student Morgan<br />
Schiller.
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‘We just wanted to be sure that it was preserved forever’<br />
<strong>NL</strong>AHS to use first<br />
floor of United<br />
Methodist Church to<br />
serve veterans<br />
Jon DePaolis<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
When the New Lenox<br />
Area Historical Society<br />
members found out the<br />
United Methodist Church of<br />
New Lenox building was in<br />
trouble, they were concerned<br />
one of the oldest buildings in<br />
town could be taken away.<br />
Lori Lindberg, chairman<br />
of <strong>NL</strong>AHS, said the church<br />
— which was built in the<br />
1890s — was at risk for being<br />
torn down.<br />
“We just wanted to be sure<br />
that it was preserved forever,”<br />
Lindberg said. “We<br />
thought that could happen if<br />
it was in our hands.”<br />
By purchasing the church<br />
building, which is located<br />
off Church and Haven<br />
streets, <strong>NL</strong>AHS will be able<br />
to not only preserve history<br />
but also solve a few of<br />
the organization’s lingering<br />
problems.<br />
“Our membership is growing,<br />
and our meeting spaces<br />
are sometimes at capacity,”<br />
Lindberg said. “We thought<br />
we might need something a<br />
CONTACT<br />
little larger, and we wanted<br />
somewhere we could display<br />
our history.”<br />
Lindberg said the second<br />
floor of the church annex<br />
will fill those needs for the<br />
historical society.<br />
On the first floor, however,<br />
Lindberg said the space will<br />
be used at times by a veterans<br />
group.<br />
“We were concerned [for<br />
veterans], because the statistics<br />
show that 22 a day are<br />
taking their lives, because<br />
they are not able to find jobs<br />
or have health issues as a result<br />
of their service,” Lindberg<br />
said. “One of the things<br />
we wanted to do was help<br />
this other organization that<br />
has been in existence over 30<br />
years have a space. They lost<br />
their space in another town,<br />
and they wanted to come out<br />
[here] — near the railroad<br />
tracks, because some of the<br />
veterans don’t drive.”<br />
The veterans group, Vet<br />
Tech, trains the former soldiers<br />
for information technology<br />
jobs, such as building<br />
and repairing computers.<br />
They also certify the veterans<br />
in the Microsoft operating<br />
system.<br />
The members of St. John<br />
Kochurov Orthodox Chapel,<br />
who have been renting space<br />
in the old church building<br />
for a few years, also will<br />
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Part of the restoration process of United Methodist Church took place Thursday, April 5, where workers began to save the<br />
stained glass in the church before it broke apart and fell off the walls. Photos Submitted<br />
continue to operate in the<br />
building.<br />
<strong>NL</strong>AHS took over the<br />
building in December. Since<br />
then, the historical society<br />
and a group of volunteers<br />
have been hard at work repurposing<br />
the building.<br />
“There are a number of<br />
renovations that need to<br />
be done,” Lindberg said.<br />
“Right now, we’ve been in<br />
the process of just emptying<br />
out things that had been left<br />
behind and taking out the<br />
old carpeting, window coverings<br />
and old ceiling tiles.<br />
We’ve been cleaning and<br />
painting, too.”<br />
The next step is to remodel<br />
the bathrooms. Lindberg<br />
said an architect drew up the<br />
plans for the remodel, and<br />
they are currently being reviewed<br />
for approval by the<br />
Village of New Lenox.<br />
She said a different veterans<br />
group, which includes<br />
former Mokena Mayor Joe<br />
Werner, is volunteering to<br />
do the plumbing work.<br />
Another veteran has been<br />
working with ComEd to replace<br />
all of the bulbs and<br />
light fixtures in the church.<br />
Both the veteran and ComEd<br />
donated the money to complete<br />
these upgrades.<br />
“The regular light bulbs<br />
in a fluorescent fixture can<br />
blink, and that can be a problem<br />
for some veterans with<br />
PTSD or anyone who has<br />
seizures,” Lindberg said.<br />
“These new bulbs look like<br />
a skylight.”<br />
Lindberg also said a local<br />
contractor also donated<br />
Eric Penic, owner of Cathedral Glass, said the window<br />
pictured here was in the worst condition he had seen in 47<br />
years working in stained-glass restoration.<br />
his services to repair, patch<br />
and sand drywall as needed<br />
in the building. Later this<br />
spring, she said someone<br />
is coming to work on the<br />
stained glass windows.<br />
“Everybody has been so<br />
good about helping and donating,”<br />
Lindberg said. “It’s<br />
been wonderful.”
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the New Lenox Patriot | April 12, 2018 | 9<br />
Health, safety,<br />
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• Steps that can be taken to<br />
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• Cancer Support Center<br />
• CASA of Will County<br />
• Chiro One Wellness<br />
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• Cottages of New Lenox<br />
• Crisis Line of Will County<br />
•Daley’s Ambulance<br />
• Dryer Vent Wizard of<br />
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• Gateway Foundation<br />
• H.E.R.O. (Heroin<br />
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• Illinois Search and<br />
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• Illinois Secretary of<br />
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• Integrated Physical<br />
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• JointPro Physical Therapy<br />
• Lincoln-Way Marching<br />
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• Lincolnway Special<br />
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• Metra<br />
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• NAMI South Suburbs of<br />
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• Narcotics Anonymous<br />
• National Weather Service<br />
• New Lenox Community<br />
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• New Lenox Community<br />
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• New Lenox Fire<br />
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• New Lenox Public Library<br />
• New Lenox Safe<br />
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• New Lenox Township<br />
• New Lenox ESDA<br />
• No Toxin Zone<br />
• Osco Pharmacy<br />
• Rosecrance<br />
• Senior Services of Will<br />
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• Sertoma Centre, Inc.<br />
• Servpro<br />
• ShareFest<br />
• Silver Cross Hospital<br />
• Stepping Stones<br />
• Team Rubicon<br />
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• TRIAD Manhattan-New<br />
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• Trinity Services, Inc.<br />
• University of Illinois Will<br />
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• Will County 9-1-1<br />
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Bingo night at local Beggars Pizza supports shelter, adoptions<br />
Funds will help<br />
NAWS in Mokena<br />
build area for<br />
rehabilitating cats<br />
Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor<br />
Pizza, salad, soda and bingo<br />
sounds like a great night<br />
out, but add in a good cause<br />
and it becomes a sold out<br />
event.<br />
NAWS Humane Society<br />
hosts bingo fundraisers<br />
a few times a year, and the<br />
most recent one on Friday<br />
night at Beggars Pizza in<br />
New Lenox was a full house.<br />
With more than a dozen<br />
bingo prizes and tables teeming<br />
with raffle prizes, NAWS<br />
Founder Stacy Gaskins said<br />
they hoped to raise as much<br />
as $3,000 at the event.<br />
In addition to the 10<br />
games of bingo, there was<br />
a 50/50 raffle and raffle baskets<br />
to bid on, supporters<br />
who brought and donated<br />
items from the shelter’s wish<br />
list were entered into another<br />
drawing.<br />
Before the night was<br />
through, the entire NAWS<br />
van, which is often used to<br />
transport animals, was completely<br />
packed with supplies<br />
needed around the shelter<br />
with kitten season upon<br />
them.<br />
The bingo event was organized<br />
by Darlene Kokotan, a<br />
member of the board of directors<br />
at NAWS, along with<br />
the event committee.<br />
The room was packed<br />
with 124 people playing<br />
bingo, along with volunteers<br />
and servers from Beggars.<br />
“We’ve been doing this<br />
a long time, [and] I think<br />
there’s a lot of camaraderie<br />
that goes into this,”<br />
Kokotan said. “I think we’re<br />
finally at a point where<br />
we’re running bingo very<br />
smoothly.”<br />
Gaskins said the quality of<br />
the prizes, which Kokotan<br />
estimated were worth between<br />
$30 and $45, has kept<br />
people coming back, and, of<br />
course, the cause.<br />
The money brought in<br />
from the event will be used<br />
to build a seperate room<br />
at the shelter for sick cats<br />
while they are rehabilitated.<br />
The separate space will be<br />
used to house cats that are<br />
infected with ringworm or<br />
suffering from upper respiratory<br />
issues.<br />
“We have a much lower<br />
risk of cross contamination,<br />
and it will get them through<br />
the process quicker,” Gaskins<br />
said. “Then that will<br />
also clear up some space to<br />
allow us to do more onsite<br />
adoptions.”<br />
They’ll be getting even<br />
Karen Zurzolo (left) was the first bingo winner of the evening. NAWS board member<br />
Darlene Kokotan helps her sift through the prizes.<br />
more room to spread out<br />
once their small onsite resale<br />
shop moves to its new location<br />
on Front Street in Mokena<br />
next month. That space<br />
will also be used for adoptable<br />
pets, greatly increasing<br />
the number of pets that can<br />
be housed at the shelter.<br />
For more information on<br />
NAWS, their adoptable pets<br />
and their upcoming events,<br />
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the New Lenox Patriot | April 12, 2018 | 11<br />
Lady<br />
From Page 4<br />
Also returning to the<br />
expo this year is Silk Avenue,<br />
from whom attendees<br />
can purchase custom-made<br />
scarves.<br />
“We’ve got something for<br />
everybody,” Warthen said.<br />
“There’s plenty to do, and<br />
I think people like seeing<br />
the variety of vendors we<br />
get. It’s not all clothing or<br />
food or home remodeling or<br />
repairs; we really do try to<br />
bring in a variety that people<br />
will enjoy.”<br />
New this year will be Tracy<br />
DeGraaf, who authored the<br />
2010 book, “Laugh Anyway<br />
Vendors list<br />
• 22nd Century Media<br />
• Abbie Applies Professional In-<br />
Home Makeup Classes<br />
• Agnes & Dora<br />
• Aloette<br />
• Amelia James by Amanda<br />
• Arbonne<br />
• Artistic Designs<br />
• Bada Bling<br />
• Bath Planet<br />
• B. Nutty LLC<br />
• Brannigan Chiropractic Center<br />
• Broadway Jewelry<br />
• Castillo’s Craftycles<br />
• Celebrity Cruises<br />
• Chicago Sky<br />
• Chiro One<br />
• Coash Clothing Company<br />
• College of DuPage Nursing<br />
Department<br />
• Color Street<br />
• Cook County MEDS<br />
• Country Financial<br />
• Damsel in Defense<br />
• Dan Mosca State Farm<br />
• Dana Digrispino - Custom<br />
Clothing & Alterations<br />
• Dilly Nature<br />
• DIY Sign Party<br />
• doTERRA Essential Oils<br />
• EveFit<br />
• Evergreen Senior Living<br />
• Family Source Consultants<br />
• Floor Coverings International<br />
• Fred Astaire Dance Studio<br />
• Gracie Pie Apothecary<br />
• Green Mountain Energy Company<br />
• Hempworx<br />
Cooking demo schedule<br />
• 9:15-9:45 a.m. Chef Ruben L. Pazmino, Rubi Agave Latin Kitchen, Tequila and<br />
Whiskey Bar Homer Glen<br />
• 9:50-10:20 a.m. Chef Sue Kainrath, Joliet Junior College Culinary Arts and<br />
Neighborhood Gourmet owner<br />
• 10:25-10:55 a.m. Chef Tom Grotovsky, The Unforgettable Chef<br />
• 11-11:30 a.m. Chef Chris Schwellenbach, Joliet Junior College Culinary Arts<br />
• 11:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m. Chef Tim Bucci, Joliet Junior College Culinary Arts<br />
• 12:10-12:40 p.m. Tin Fish Restaurant, Tinley Park<br />
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Also new this year will<br />
be a couple of mobile boutiques,<br />
such as Coash Clothing<br />
Company and Three B’s<br />
Mobile Boutique.<br />
LifeSource also will be<br />
sponsoring blood and bone<br />
marrow drives during the<br />
expo. Appointments may be<br />
made in advance by calling<br />
(877) 543-3768 or visiting<br />
• Hubbard House Publishing<br />
Company<br />
• Hustle & Heart<br />
• Illinois State Treasurer<br />
• Ingalls Health System<br />
• Jewels2U<br />
• Joliet Slammers<br />
• Juicy Luzy Sangria<br />
• Just Greetings - Greeting Card<br />
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• Kevin M. Wiggins Agency<br />
• Kimberly Neill - Keller Williams<br />
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• La Bella Uniforms<br />
• Lange<br />
• LeafFilter Gutter Protection<br />
• LifeSource<br />
• LipSense by SeneGence<br />
• LK Acupuncture<br />
• LuLaRoe<br />
• Luminess Airess<br />
• Make Up Eraser<br />
• Mary Kay Cosmetics<br />
• Miss Lilly’s Bridal Creations<br />
• Monat<br />
• Naddle’s Sweet Treats<br />
• Nerium International<br />
• Norwex<br />
• Nothing Bundt Cakes<br />
• Nspire Network<br />
• NuMark Credit Union<br />
• Orland Park Crossing<br />
• Passanante’s Home Food<br />
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• Planet Fitness<br />
• Porter Place<br />
• Power Home Remodeling<br />
• Practical Products<br />
• Providence Palos Heights<br />
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• Questions Kids Ask About God<br />
• Renewal by Andersen Windows<br />
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• Rodan & Fields<br />
• Ruby Ribbon<br />
• Scout & Cellar Clean-Crafted<br />
Wine<br />
• ScrapElegance Creations<br />
• Sensual Scentduction Candle Co.<br />
• Shades Luxury Cosmetics<br />
• Sheets by Karen<br />
• Sheila’s Decorative Pens<br />
• ShelfGenie<br />
• Silk Avenue<br />
• Silver Strand Boutique<br />
• Sleep Number<br />
• Something That Fits<br />
• Surprise Parties<br />
• Tastefully Simple<br />
• The Baby’s Crib<br />
• The Furever Home Friends<br />
• The Law Office of Sonia D.<br />
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• Thirsty Donkey Skin Co.<br />
• This Is My Legacy<br />
• Three B’s Mobile Boutique<br />
• Total Life Changes<br />
• Tracy DeGraaf<br />
• Traveling Vineyard<br />
• Usborne Books and More<br />
• Vitalife<br />
• Window Works<br />
• World Global Network (Helo LX)<br />
• Wyndham Vacation Resorts Inc.<br />
• Yoga 360<br />
• Young Living Essential Oils<br />
Police Reports<br />
Bishop’s Gate gets hit with<br />
burglary, stolen motor vehicle<br />
Separate incidents of burglary<br />
to vehicle and stolen<br />
motor vehicle reportedly<br />
took place March 30 in Bishops<br />
Gate in New Lenox.<br />
At 10 p.m. a car reportedly<br />
was stolen as it was parked<br />
on the street on the 600 block<br />
of Bishops Gate. Police said<br />
it was believed the car was<br />
unlocked, and the car’s key<br />
fob was also in the vehicle so<br />
the car would start. The vehicle<br />
was later recovered in<br />
Robbins, police added.<br />
Earlier in the day, belongings<br />
reportedly were stolen<br />
from an unlocked vehicle<br />
that was parked overnight<br />
on the 700 block of Bishops<br />
Gate.<br />
April 1<br />
• Dirk R. Schmidt, 51, of<br />
17930 Settlers Pond Way in<br />
Orland Park, was charged<br />
with driving under the influence<br />
of alcohol when he was<br />
stopped at Cedar Road and<br />
Illinois Highway for a traffic<br />
violation.<br />
March 31<br />
• Erian Watt, 21, of 601 S.<br />
Vertin Ave. in Shorewood,<br />
was charged with retail theft<br />
after allegedly stealing $54<br />
worth of toiletries from<br />
Walmart on the 500 block of<br />
East Lincoln Highway.<br />
March 30<br />
• An unknown person reportedly<br />
entered an unlocked vehicle<br />
parked at the 600 block<br />
of Wellington Parkway. Police<br />
said nothing was taken at<br />
the time of the report.<br />
March 29<br />
• Roughly $1,200 of electronics<br />
reportedly were stolen<br />
at Walmart on the 500 block<br />
of East Lincoln Highway.<br />
March 26<br />
• Edward O’Malley, 54,<br />
of 1009 Shagbark Road in<br />
New Lenox, was charged<br />
with driving under the influence<br />
of alcohol and illegal<br />
transportation following an<br />
alleged hit and run accident<br />
near the 1000 block of Shagbark<br />
Road. Police was able<br />
to locate O’Malley’s vehicle<br />
nearby after speaking to witnesses<br />
and discovered he was<br />
under the influence of alcohol.<br />
• A purse reportedly was stolen<br />
from a shopping cart at<br />
Jewel.<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE: The New<br />
Lenox Patriot’s Police Reports<br />
are compiled from official<br />
reports found online on the New<br />
Lenox Police Department’s<br />
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What do you like to do<br />
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once a week we try and get<br />
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What is one thing people<br />
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is that two summers ago I<br />
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I plan on studying international<br />
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get a job where I can help<br />
economic development in<br />
third world countries.<br />
Who do you look up to?<br />
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Even now that I am not<br />
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checking in on my life and<br />
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What’s your favorite class<br />
and why?<br />
My favorite class is adaptive<br />
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All of the students are so<br />
kind and they never fail to<br />
brighten my day.<br />
What’s one thing that<br />
stands out about your<br />
school?<br />
I think our school does a<br />
really great job at helping<br />
everyone fit in. Between<br />
all the clubs and sports and<br />
opportunities, I feel like everyone<br />
has a chance to find<br />
their niche.<br />
What extracurricular(s) do<br />
you wish your school had?<br />
Now that I’m becoming<br />
more interested in international<br />
relations, I wish we<br />
put had Model UN. I think<br />
it would be interesting and<br />
very engaging for the students<br />
who were involved.<br />
What’s your favorite<br />
memory of high school?<br />
My best memory would<br />
be performing on the first<br />
day of school on the varsity<br />
dance team my junior<br />
year. It was such a<br />
surreal moment, looking<br />
up at the cheering people<br />
in the stands. It felt like a<br />
scene from High School<br />
Musical.<br />
Standout Student is a weekly<br />
feature for The New Lenox<br />
Patriot. Nominations come<br />
from New Lenox area schools.<br />
Four Lincoln-Way students named<br />
National Merit Scholar finalists<br />
Submitted by Lincoln-Way<br />
Community High School<br />
District 210<br />
In mid-January, Lincoln-<br />
Way Community High<br />
School District 210 recognized<br />
35 total students<br />
in a special ceremony for<br />
outstanding academic performance<br />
based on the National<br />
Merit Scholarship<br />
Corporation requirements.<br />
Of the 35 students, 31<br />
earned Commended status<br />
and four earned Semifinalist<br />
status. After celebrating<br />
their semifinalist status in<br />
January, students Alexandria<br />
Krupske (Lincoln-<br />
Way West), Taylor Lenburg<br />
(Lincoln-Way Central),<br />
Lucas Nienhouse (Lincoln-<br />
Way East) and Karnap Patel<br />
(Lincoln-Way East), each<br />
submitted an application<br />
for Finalist status. Despite<br />
the competitiveness of the<br />
NMSC program, all four<br />
advanced as Finalists.<br />
“This is the equivalent<br />
to be named an academic<br />
All-American,” said Assistant<br />
Superintendent of Curriculum<br />
Tim Reilly. “These<br />
students should be incredibly<br />
proud of their achievement.”<br />
According to the NMSC<br />
website, of the 1.6 million<br />
entrants, approximately<br />
50,000 test takers with the<br />
highest PSAT/NMSQT<br />
Selection Index scores<br />
qualify for recognition in<br />
the National Merit Scholarship<br />
Program. More than<br />
two-thirds of the 50,000<br />
high scorers on the PSAT/<br />
NMSQT receive Letters of<br />
Commendation in recognition<br />
of their outstanding academic<br />
promise. One-third<br />
of the 50,000 high scorers<br />
are notified that they have<br />
qualified as Semifinalists.<br />
From there, after submitting<br />
additional qualifications<br />
and an essay response<br />
Lincoln-Way West’s Alexandria Krupske (right) and Lincoln-<br />
Way Central’s Taylor Lenburg advanced as finalists for the<br />
National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Photos Submitted<br />
to a writing prompt, approximately<br />
15,000 Finalists<br />
are chosen.<br />
“It’s always exciting because<br />
of all the scholarships<br />
that can come along<br />
with it, so it opened up opportunities<br />
for colleges that<br />
I may not have looked at if<br />
I didn’t win this,” Krupske<br />
said.<br />
In her essay application<br />
for NMSC, Krupske wrote<br />
about her job as a math tutor<br />
and how she unexpectedly<br />
enjoyed it. Her involvement<br />
in various clubs<br />
and activities has kept her<br />
busy at Lincoln-Way West.<br />
Krupske is a part of National<br />
Honor Society, Math<br />
Honors Society, Scholastic<br />
Bowl, Mathletes and Bowling.<br />
She is also president of<br />
Key Club. She applied to<br />
twenty total colleges, writing<br />
a different essay for<br />
each application.<br />
“I’m deciding between<br />
Northeastern University,<br />
University of Southern<br />
California and UCLA,”<br />
she said. “I want to study<br />
finance, and some schools<br />
will offer the opportunity<br />
to merge entrepreneurship<br />
with finance, so that would<br />
be my preference,” she<br />
says.<br />
When Senior Taylor Lenburg,<br />
of Lincoln-Way Central,<br />
was first called down<br />
to the office to notify her of<br />
her Finalist status, she said<br />
she slightly panicked.<br />
“I’ve never been called<br />
down to the office before,”<br />
Lenburg said. “So I was<br />
actually scared; I thought<br />
I was in trouble. ...Then it<br />
kind of occurred to me that<br />
maybe it was about the National<br />
Merit recognition.”<br />
When Principal Steve<br />
Provis presented her with<br />
her certificate of achievement,<br />
Lenburg’s fears disappeared.<br />
While at Lincoln-<br />
Way Central, she has kept<br />
busy by participating in<br />
Mathletes, Guitar Studio<br />
Ensemble, Tri-M Honor Society,<br />
National Honor Society<br />
and AFJROTC.<br />
While she’s excited for<br />
college, she’s still trying to<br />
decide which one she’d like<br />
to attend. She says, “I’m<br />
choosing between Illinois<br />
Wesleyan and Knox College;<br />
I’m thinking I want to<br />
go pre-law. If not, I’ll major<br />
in psychology and decide<br />
when I get there, but either<br />
way, I think graduate school<br />
is in my future.”
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FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE<br />
Trustees discuss reverting mayoral<br />
role to part-time status<br />
The days of a full-time mayor in<br />
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time.<br />
During the Finance Committee<br />
meeting April 2, three Village<br />
Board members forwarded on an<br />
item — without a recommendation<br />
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that could revert the full-time Village<br />
president position back to a<br />
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The three members of the committee<br />
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Dan Calandriello and Patricia Gira,<br />
who asked for the item to be placed<br />
on the April 2 committee meeting<br />
agenda.<br />
During the meeting, Gira said<br />
there has been a lot of discussion<br />
— and confusion — regarding the<br />
role of the full-time position.<br />
“It is very difficult without<br />
clearly outlined parameters for the<br />
full-time position versus the parttime<br />
mayor’s position,” Gira said.<br />
“We’re not clear on it, and I don’t<br />
think anyone has a good understanding<br />
of it.”<br />
Carroll, the committee chairman,<br />
said he checked with the Village<br />
clerk’s office to confirm that Mayor<br />
Keith Pekau was sworn in May<br />
15, 2017. To give it a full year to<br />
see “the effectiveness of our ordinance,”<br />
Carroll suggested sending<br />
it to the board level for discussion<br />
on May 21.<br />
Calandriello agreed with Carroll<br />
about having the conversation May<br />
21.<br />
The committee members voted<br />
3-0 to send the item on to the Village<br />
Board without a recommendation<br />
for discussion and possible<br />
action May 21.<br />
Reporting by Jon DePaolis, Freelance<br />
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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER<br />
‘Every 21 Seconds’ to make public<br />
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On Friday, April 13, “Every 21<br />
Seconds,” the film based on Mokena<br />
native Brian Sweeney’s struggle<br />
with traumatic brain injury, will<br />
make its public debut at Emagine<br />
Entertainment’s Frankfort Theatre.<br />
The film previously had been<br />
screened by a private audience in<br />
January.<br />
“Every 21 Seconds” follows<br />
Sweeney’s life after he was viciously<br />
attacked outside of a bar in<br />
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Sweeney with a traumatic brain injury.<br />
Since then, Sweeney has been<br />
on a mission to share his story in<br />
the hope that it will raise awareness<br />
and spur action for the approximately<br />
2 million people per year<br />
who are diagnosed with and suffer<br />
from a TBI.<br />
“I spent the first five years trying<br />
to convince people that there was<br />
nothing wrong with me, and every<br />
day since trying to get people<br />
to understand what the challenges<br />
are for folks who go through this,<br />
what some of the deficits might<br />
be,” Sweeney said in an interview<br />
with The Messenger back in January.<br />
“But, also, what you can do,<br />
not what you can’t do. I always say<br />
focus on the capabilities, not the<br />
disabilities.<br />
“I wanted to be the voice that<br />
gave these people a voice.”<br />
The movie is based on Sweeney’s<br />
book of the same name.<br />
The film recently was nominated<br />
for several awards — including<br />
Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading<br />
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FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND<br />
Lockport native to compose piece<br />
for Chicago Symphony Orchestra<br />
For a final project in his summer<br />
course at Northwestern, Jim<br />
Stephenson was instructed to write<br />
a bad piece of music. The course,<br />
Adventures in Bad Music, had a<br />
backward approach to helping students<br />
discover what they do and do<br />
not like.<br />
The 24-year-old at the time had<br />
never taken a composition course<br />
before this one and, surprisingly,<br />
wrote a “bad” piece that ended up<br />
being enjoyed by his classmates. It<br />
was that moment that encouraged<br />
Stephenson to begin writing music<br />
full-time.<br />
“I was like, well, if I try to write<br />
a bad piece and someone likes it,<br />
let’s see what happens when I try<br />
to write good music,” he said. “I<br />
started composing at the age of 24,<br />
and that grew and grew and grew.”<br />
His talent and love for music<br />
composition led him to receive an<br />
invitation in November 2015 to<br />
write a piece for the Chicago Symphony<br />
Orchestra that will be premiered<br />
during one of their concert<br />
weekends in June 2019.<br />
“It’s just one of those beautiful<br />
things that you never expect,”<br />
Stephenson said. “I mean, this is<br />
literally the orchestra I grew up listening<br />
to. My dream as a kid was<br />
to someday play in the Chicago<br />
Symphony. That’s not happening,<br />
because I don’t play trumpet anymore,<br />
but this about as close or<br />
maybe even better.”<br />
Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach,<br />
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FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION<br />
Dental hygienist helps create a<br />
community with healthier teeth<br />
The dentist’s office is not most<br />
people’s favorite place to find<br />
themselves, but for those who cannot<br />
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to get themselves in that chair.<br />
Dayna Mazurek, a dental hygienist<br />
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but also finding her way to them.<br />
After completing an American<br />
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her involvement in the community<br />
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“I bring all my experiences out<br />
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Mazurek said it can be difficult<br />
for those who are uninsured or<br />
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they need, but she is hoping to<br />
change that by distributing information<br />
on those programs more<br />
widely.<br />
“I grew up in a single-family<br />
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was a teenager and younger adult<br />
I was on Medicaid. So, I have that<br />
experience to help those less fortunate,<br />
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FROM THE TI<strong>NL</strong>EY JUNCTION<br />
Tinley Park gas station annexation<br />
request faces opposition<br />
It was just after midnight April 6<br />
when the Tinley Park’s Plan Commission<br />
voted to continue rather<br />
than adjourn a public hearing that<br />
had already lasted in excess of four<br />
hours.<br />
A quorum of Commissioners<br />
came to a consensus that the advisory<br />
group needed more time to<br />
deliberate before offering a recommendation<br />
to the Board of Trustees<br />
on an annexation request that has<br />
drawn vocal opposition from nearby<br />
residents, who cite concerns<br />
over traffic, safety and property<br />
values from Lenny’s Food N Fuel,<br />
located at 19420 S. Harlem Ave.<br />
Owner Leonard McEnery petitioned<br />
the Village to annex a<br />
4.87-acre parcel of property that<br />
operates as a diesel and regular<br />
fuel station, Dunkin’ Donuts drivethru,<br />
car wash, and propane fueling<br />
station. The parcel is located<br />
in unincorporated Will County, and<br />
receives water and sewer services<br />
from Frankfort.<br />
The agreement is contingent<br />
upon the Village the rezoning the<br />
property from C-2 to B-3 and creating<br />
a new liquor license to allow<br />
for the sale of packaged liquor, as<br />
well as 24-hour video gaming in<br />
compliance with the Illinois Gaming<br />
Commission’s definition of a<br />
“truck stop.” The businesses in operation<br />
also would need two special<br />
use permits to operate within<br />
Tinley Park.<br />
Officials said the annexation<br />
could bring in $408,000 of revenue<br />
annually from sales, property, and<br />
video gaming taxes. The public<br />
hearing is scheduled to continue<br />
Thursday, April 19, at the next Plan<br />
Commission meeting.<br />
Reporting by Cody Mroczka, Editor.<br />
For more, visit TinleyJunction.com.<br />
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON<br />
Healthy Kids Running Series<br />
returns to Homer for second year<br />
The Esquivels from Lockport all<br />
have one thing in common — running.<br />
Robert participates in halfmarathons<br />
and marathons, and<br />
his wife, Rebecca, joins him on<br />
Saturdays for their running club.<br />
In the last year, their 5-year-old<br />
daughter, Graysen, began to follow<br />
in their footsteps and lace up<br />
her own sneakers to participate in<br />
the Healthy Kids Running Series in<br />
Homer Glen.<br />
The series, which features five<br />
races over five weeks, began Sunday,<br />
April 8, and will continue for<br />
the next four Sundays at Stonebridge<br />
Park.<br />
“My husband was running marathons<br />
and half-marathons, and<br />
[Graysen] loved to go watch,” Rebecca<br />
said. “She always runs with<br />
him to get his medal, so she’ll run<br />
the last 75 feet or so, whatever she<br />
can. So when [the Healthy Kids<br />
Running Series] came up, it was<br />
like, ‘This is yours; you can do this<br />
for yourself,’ and she loved it.”<br />
Greysen participated in the series’<br />
inaugural year in Homer Glen<br />
in 2017, winning her division in<br />
the 50-yard dash. Children in prekindergarten<br />
run the 50-yard dash,<br />
while kindergartners and firstgraders<br />
run a quarter of a mile.<br />
Second- and-third-grade students<br />
run a half mile, with the fourth- and<br />
fifth-graders running a full mile.<br />
The series is held twice a year in<br />
the spring and fall. In 2017, there<br />
were 130 children that participated<br />
between both. Currently, approximately<br />
70 children signed up for<br />
this year’s spring series.<br />
Parents can register their children<br />
online at www.healthykids<br />
runningseries.org/race_locations/<br />
homer-glen-il-2. The cost is $35<br />
for the series, or $10 per race.<br />
Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach,<br />
Assistant Editor. For more, visit<br />
HomerHorizon.com.
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From the Assistant Editor<br />
I can’t sing, but they sure can<br />
Amanda Stoll<br />
a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.com<br />
The Lincoln-Way<br />
schools are not just<br />
competitive athletically<br />
and educationally<br />
— winners abound in the<br />
theater and music departments<br />
as well.<br />
All three schools excel<br />
with their band and choir<br />
programs, and all that<br />
young talent spills over into<br />
the spring musical theater<br />
productions.<br />
Last week, I attended<br />
part of a rehearsal at<br />
Lincoln-Way West, where<br />
the students are putting on<br />
a production of “Fiddler on<br />
the Roof,” and I was very<br />
much impressed by the skill<br />
of everyone on stage.<br />
With any large cast, there<br />
is a lot that goes into keeping<br />
everything organized<br />
much less actually making<br />
it look good, and West has<br />
certainly done both those<br />
things.<br />
Many established actors<br />
and actresses have played<br />
those same parts in broadway-scale<br />
productions<br />
of the classic show, but I<br />
think the West students can<br />
surely hold their own on<br />
stage despite their age.<br />
I spent a lot of time at<br />
the theater in high school<br />
helping out with costumes,<br />
playing in the pit, directing<br />
the spotlight and dancing<br />
on stage, and it was both<br />
exhausting and exhilarating.<br />
The students involved<br />
spend hours and hours<br />
practicing after school,<br />
sometimes in addition<br />
to other extra curricular<br />
activities. They do all this<br />
while still finishing their<br />
homework, doing class<br />
projects and maintaining<br />
their grades.<br />
It is a lot to ask of high<br />
school students, but the<br />
Lincoln-Way students rise<br />
to the challenge each year<br />
because they love what<br />
they do.<br />
I know. I was in their<br />
shoes many times, and it<br />
was not always fun, but it<br />
was always worth it.<br />
While most athletic<br />
teams or scholastic extracurriculars<br />
have a season’s<br />
worth of meets and games<br />
to attend, the theater group<br />
only performs one weekend<br />
during the semester.<br />
This is a chance for you<br />
to support those students in<br />
something they are passionate<br />
about, so don’t miss<br />
out.<br />
Going to downtown<br />
Chicago or traveling to<br />
New York City to see a<br />
professional production<br />
can be time consuming and<br />
expensive, and why do that<br />
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Lincoln-Way West<br />
“Fiddler on the Roof”<br />
7 p.m. Friday, April 13<br />
7 p.m. Saturday, 14<br />
3 p.m. Sunday, 15<br />
Cost: $10<br />
Tickets: www.lwwmusic.<br />
org<br />
Lincoln-Way East<br />
“The Hunchback of Notre<br />
Dame”<br />
7 p.m. Friday, April 27<br />
1 p.m. and 7 p.m.<br />
Saturday, April 28<br />
when it is spring musical<br />
season in the LW area?<br />
With three very different<br />
shows being performed<br />
at the three schools this<br />
year, there is something for<br />
everyone. Maybe even consider<br />
attending all three.<br />
Each show will only set<br />
you back $10, and, after<br />
what I saw at rehearsal, I<br />
think that is a steal.<br />
This year, none of the<br />
performance weekends<br />
conflict between the three<br />
schools, which makes it<br />
easier to attend them all.<br />
West’s performances of<br />
“Fiddler on the Roof” are<br />
taking place this weekend,<br />
while East’s production of<br />
“The Hunchback of Notre<br />
Dame” will happen April<br />
27, 28 and 29. Central’s<br />
rendition of “Shrek the Musical”<br />
will follow on May<br />
3, 4 and 5.<br />
So, get your tickets, find<br />
your seat, sit back and<br />
enjoy the show.<br />
LOCK-IN MORE BUSINESS.<br />
ADVERTISE LOCALLY.<br />
3 p.m. Sunday, April 29<br />
Cost: $10<br />
Tickets: www.lwemusic.<br />
org<br />
Lincoln-Way Central<br />
“Shrek the Musical”<br />
7 p.m. Thursday, May 3<br />
7 p.m. Friday, May 4<br />
7 p.m. Saturday, May 5<br />
Cost: $10<br />
Tickets: www.lwcmusic.<br />
org<br />
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Cast members of Lincoln-Way<br />
West’s spring play “Fiddler on the<br />
Roof” perform during rehearsal April<br />
3 at the school. Amanda Stoll/22nd<br />
Century Media<br />
Lincoln-Way West’s spring play ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ set to place April 13-15, Page 22
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In memoriam<br />
John E. Brynda<br />
John E. Brynda,<br />
84, of New Lenox,<br />
died April 2. He is survived<br />
by his wife Mary Ann (Pat);<br />
children John (Jan), Kenneth<br />
(Pavla), Christopher<br />
(Eileen), Nancy (Derek Sobczak)<br />
and Timothy; grandchildren<br />
Kristyn, Daniel<br />
“DJ”, Matthew, Sean, Samantha,<br />
Katerina and Jan<br />
Matthew; and siblings Jan<br />
Brynda OP and Sister Eileen<br />
Brynda OP. He was in<br />
the U.S. military in 1956-<br />
1958, during which time he<br />
was detailed to Desert Rock,<br />
Nevada, which included observing<br />
the test detonation<br />
of an atomic bomb (Diablo).<br />
Also, he was employed<br />
by Illinois Bell Telephone<br />
Company for 41 years. Family<br />
received friends at Kurtz<br />
Memorial Chapel. Funeral<br />
services were held at St.<br />
Jude Church, followed by<br />
interment at Good Shepherd<br />
Cemetery. In lieu of<br />
memoarials, donations to<br />
St. Jude Catholic Church or<br />
Joliet Area Community Hospice<br />
would be appreciated.<br />
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Stella Louise Drabek<br />
Stella “Bootie” Louise<br />
Drabek, 74, of New Lenox,<br />
died March 31. Stella is survived<br />
by her daughter, Glenda<br />
June Kleeman; one brother,<br />
Nelson Randall Hudgens<br />
(his wife, Ann) and many<br />
nieces and nephews. Born<br />
June 27, 1943 in Cheatham<br />
County, Tennessee, Stella<br />
was a daughter of George<br />
W. and Mary Louallen-Hudgens.<br />
Stella spent her early<br />
years in Tennessee and Illinois.<br />
She held several roles<br />
in her life, the most rewarding<br />
of which were being<br />
Glenda’s mom and spending<br />
time with her family. Family<br />
received friends at Cherry<br />
Hill Church of Christ. Burial<br />
followed at Fairmount-Willow<br />
Hills Memorial Park in<br />
Willow Springs. In lieu of<br />
memorials, donations may<br />
be made as gifts in Stella’s<br />
memory to Cherry Hill<br />
Church of Christ.<br />
Roseann Churchill<br />
Roseann Churchill (nee<br />
Vanthournout), 66, of New<br />
Lenox, died March 31.<br />
Contact Jessica Nemec<br />
@708.326.9170 ex.46<br />
www.22ndcenturymedia.com<br />
Roseann is survived by her<br />
husband; children Andrea<br />
(Jason) Zelensky and Sara<br />
(Steven) Ingmire; grandchildren<br />
Brandon, Evan, and<br />
Zachary Ingmire and Alexander<br />
Zelensky; siblings<br />
Albert Vanthournout, David<br />
Vanthournout and Joann<br />
(Bill) Schuppenhauer; sisterin-law<br />
Marilyn Vanthournout;<br />
brother-in-law Bill Menees;<br />
and many nieces and<br />
nephews. She had a career<br />
in nursing that she loved<br />
and practiced throughout her<br />
life, working in settings from<br />
Silver Cross Hospital to<br />
New Lenox School District<br />
122, to a variety of home<br />
health agencies throughout<br />
the Chicagoland area. Family<br />
received friends at Kurtz<br />
Memorial Chapel. Funeral<br />
services were held at St.<br />
Jude Church, followed by a<br />
private interment.<br />
Matthew D. Pens<br />
Matthew D. Pens, 22, of<br />
New Lenox, died March 31.<br />
He is survived by his parents<br />
Lynette Lanham and<br />
David Pens; siblings David<br />
(Ashlee) Parsons, Daniel<br />
(Brittany) Parsons and<br />
Christine (James) Wieder;<br />
and nephews and nieces Logan<br />
Wieder, Mason Wieder,<br />
Cameron Parson and McKenna<br />
Parsons. Matt was avid<br />
collector of comic books.<br />
Family received friends at<br />
Kurtz Memorial Chapel. Interment<br />
was private.<br />
Adam Joseph Kielbasa<br />
Dr. Adam Joseph Kielbasa<br />
31, of New Lenox,<br />
died March 26. He is survived<br />
by his wife Lauren<br />
(nee Ojermark); parents Jack<br />
and Anne Kielbasa; siblings<br />
Jack (Karen) Kielbasa, Ben<br />
(Sarah) Kielbasa and Sarah<br />
(Bob) Pine; parents-in-law<br />
Margaret (James) Downey<br />
and Michael (Suzette) Ojermark;<br />
brother-in-law of<br />
Chris (Logan) Ojermark;<br />
and numerous aunts, uncles,<br />
nieces, nephews and cousins.<br />
Kielbasa was a Pharmacist<br />
at Joliet Oncology-<br />
Hematology Associates.<br />
Family received friends at<br />
Kurtz Memorial Chapel. Funeral<br />
services were held at<br />
St. Jude Church, followed<br />
by interment at Resurrection<br />
Cemetery. In lieu of memorials,<br />
donations in Adam’s<br />
name to Sarcoma Foundation<br />
of America or Andrew<br />
Weishar Foundation would<br />
be appreciated.<br />
Marguerite A. Forsythe<br />
Marguerite A. Forsythe<br />
(nee Rooney), 75, of New<br />
Lenox, died March 12. She<br />
is survived by her son John<br />
Forsythe; siblings Richard<br />
Rooney, Maureen Fitzgerald<br />
and Robert Rooney; and numerous<br />
nieces and nephews.<br />
Family received friends at<br />
Hickey Memorial Chapel.<br />
Interment was at Holy Sepulchre<br />
Cemetery.<br />
Anna Marie Endres<br />
Anna “Ann” Marie<br />
(Kanoski) Endres, 70, of<br />
New Lenox, died March<br />
2. Anna is survived by her<br />
children Kenneth E. (Anita<br />
Monteggia) Endres, Kyle J.<br />
Endres, Maureen (James)<br />
Gilchrist and Melissa Endres;<br />
grandchildren Anna<br />
Gilchrist, Elio Endres,<br />
Cameron Smith, Brandon<br />
Smith and Logan Petreikis;<br />
siblings Lisa(Kimball) Staton,<br />
Christine (Steve) DeYoung,<br />
Dana (Dean) Goselin,<br />
Gary (Eileen) Kanoski; and<br />
brother-in-law Tom Butler.<br />
She owned and operated<br />
Al’s Bicycle Shop with her<br />
husband, Al, for more than<br />
twenty years. Family received<br />
friends at Schreffler<br />
Funeral Home Bourbonnais<br />
Chapel. Burial took place at<br />
St. Anne Catholic Cemetery.<br />
Have someone’s life you’d like<br />
to honor? Email Editor James<br />
Sanchez at james@newlenoxpatriot.com<br />
with information<br />
about a loved one who was a<br />
part of the New Lenox community.
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FAITH BRIEFS<br />
Christ Mission Church (22811 S. Cedar Road, New<br />
Lenox)<br />
Celebrate Recovery<br />
7-9 p.m. every Tuesday. For anyone<br />
struggling with hurts, habits,<br />
or hang-ups. For more information,<br />
call Deb at (708) 516-6318.<br />
St. John of Chicago Chapel (112 Church Street, New<br />
Lenox)<br />
Orthodox Divine Liturgy<br />
10-11:30 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Journey to Fullness<br />
7 p.m. Wednesdays. This is a<br />
ten-part video introduction to the<br />
Orthodox Church. There will be an<br />
open discussion with refreshments<br />
after. Seekers are welcome.<br />
Missio Dei Church (123 W. Wood St., New Lenox)<br />
Women’s Study<br />
6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays and<br />
9-10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Study materials<br />
will cost $10.50, and books<br />
will be distributed before the study<br />
begins. Payments will be collected<br />
on the first class. Pay by cash or<br />
make checks payable to Missio Dei<br />
Church.<br />
Elder-led Prayer<br />
7-8 p.m. second Tuesday of every<br />
month, 123 W. Wood St., New<br />
Lenox. For more information, visit<br />
mdchurch.us.<br />
Gathered Worship<br />
9:30-11 a.m. every Sunday.<br />
New Life Church (500 Gougar Road, New Lenox)<br />
Worship Services<br />
10 a.m. Sundays. For more information,<br />
call (815) 462-0202.<br />
Intro to New Life<br />
Church staff offers a one-day Intro<br />
to New Life workshop, which<br />
will provide the opportunity for attendees<br />
to engage in an in-depth dialogue<br />
about the church’s mission,<br />
beliefs and approach to ministry.<br />
To register, sign up at newlifenewlenox.org<br />
or call the church office<br />
at (815) 462-0202.<br />
Revolution Church (1900 Heatherglen Dr., New<br />
Lenox)<br />
Men’s Ministry<br />
7 p.m. every Tuesday. For directions<br />
and more information, email<br />
pastorbilly@therevolutionchurch.<br />
org.<br />
Women’s Bible Study<br />
6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays at a<br />
private home in New Lenox. The<br />
theme is “Making the Most of Your<br />
Resources.” For the exact location,<br />
visit www.therevolutionchurch.<br />
org. For more information, email<br />
penny@therevolutionchurch.org.<br />
Weekly Services<br />
10 a.m Sundays. Services are<br />
held in a casual atmosphere and<br />
feature versatile music including<br />
traditional, contemporary and<br />
country styles. For more information,<br />
visit www.therevolutionchurch.org.<br />
The Hub (1303 S. Schoolhouse Road, New Lenox)<br />
The Landing<br />
6:30-8:30 p.m. every Wednesday.<br />
This is a group to help teens<br />
break free from hurts, hang-ups<br />
and addictions. There is no charge.<br />
For more information, search for<br />
Freedom Haus on Facebook.<br />
The Center Youth Group<br />
6:30-9 p.m. every Thursday.<br />
Teens ages 12-19 are welcome. The<br />
night features live music, an open<br />
gym, an encouraging message and<br />
a chance to meet new friends. For<br />
more information, call (815) 717-<br />
8002.<br />
Xtreme Church<br />
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. every Sunday.<br />
The Hub partners with Xtreme<br />
Ministries to host a church service.<br />
There is loud music and preaching.<br />
For more information, call (815)<br />
717-8002.<br />
Parkview Christian Church (2121 S. Schoolhouse<br />
Road, New Lenox)<br />
Worship Services<br />
4 p.m. Saturdays; 8:30 a.m., 10<br />
a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Peace Lutheran Church (1900 E. Lincoln Highway,<br />
New Lenox)<br />
Church Services<br />
5 p.m. Saturdays; 8:30 a.m. and<br />
11 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Adult Class<br />
9:55 a.m. Sundays. The adult<br />
class usually meets in the back of<br />
the sanctuary to discuss a different<br />
topic each week.<br />
Peace Women’s Group<br />
The Peace Women’s Group is<br />
open to all women 18 and older.<br />
We invite all interested to join us<br />
for our next events. For more information,<br />
contact Jan Stoller at (815)<br />
530-2786. Please use the sign-up<br />
slip in the bulletin and indicate<br />
which events you would like to attend.<br />
Peace Buddies<br />
Noon – 2:00 p.m. Sundays.<br />
Peace Buddies is a special needs<br />
youth group for high school age<br />
and older. New Buddies are always<br />
welcome. You do not have to be a<br />
part of the church. This group usually<br />
meets on the first and third<br />
Sundays of the month. For questions,<br />
please see Pastor Dave or call<br />
(815) 529-7546.<br />
Bible Study<br />
10 a.m. Every Wednesday. For<br />
more information, call (815) 485-<br />
5327.<br />
The Journey Church (14414 W. Ford Drive, New<br />
Lenox)<br />
Worship Service<br />
10 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Reverberate Youth Group<br />
1-3 p.m. Every first Sunday of<br />
the month. The group meets to<br />
discuss a message geared toward<br />
junior and senior high school students.<br />
For more information, email<br />
youth@ourjourney.cc.<br />
United Methodist Church of New Lenox (339 W.<br />
Haven Ave, New Lenox)<br />
Disney Spectacular Show<br />
7 p.m. Saturday, April 21. Enjoy<br />
the first ever Bell Choirs and Chancel<br />
Choir as they perform For more<br />
information call (815) 485-8271.<br />
Worship Schedule<br />
Traditional worship is at 9 a.m.<br />
and 10:45 a.m. on Sundays, and<br />
contemporary worship is at 10:20<br />
a.m. every first and third Sunday of<br />
the month.<br />
Central Presbyterian Church (1101 S. Gougar Road,<br />
New Lenox)<br />
Church Service<br />
10:30 Sundays. For more information,<br />
call the church at (815)<br />
485-5152.<br />
Bible Study<br />
7 p.m. Tuesdays<br />
St. Jude Catholic Church (241 W. Second Ave., New<br />
Lenox)<br />
Mass Schedule<br />
7 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6:30<br />
p.m. Sundays; 7:30 a.m. Monday-<br />
Saturday; 5 p.m. Saturdays and<br />
8:30 a.m. Wednesdays.<br />
Called To Holiness<br />
7-8:30 p.m. every first Monday<br />
of the month. This is a new young<br />
adult faith-sharing group for Catholics<br />
in their 20s or 30s in the Chicago<br />
Southland area. Its purpose is to<br />
grow in our faith through scripture,<br />
discussion and prayer. For directions<br />
to the meeting location and more information,<br />
contact Jennifer at calledtoholinessgroup@gmail.com.<br />
Trinity Lutheran Church (508 N. Cedar Road, New<br />
Lenox)<br />
Worship Services<br />
5 p.m. Saturdays; 8 a.m. and<br />
10:30 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Sunday School and Living Lutheran<br />
9:15 a.m. Sundays. For more information,<br />
call (815) 485-6973.<br />
Adult Bible Study<br />
8:30 a.m. Wednesdays<br />
Teen Catechesis<br />
6 p.m. Wednesdays<br />
Lincolnway Christian Church (690 E. Illinois<br />
Highway, New Lenox)<br />
Worship Services<br />
9 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Caregiver Support Group<br />
11 a.m. Mondays. Receive insights<br />
from those who have been on<br />
a similar journey, suggestions for<br />
dealing with various issues, and relief<br />
from isolation, with confidentiality<br />
in a non-judgmental environment.<br />
Care provided for your loved<br />
one during meeting, if needed. For<br />
more information, call Roger and<br />
Connie at (815) 722-7841.<br />
Have something for Faith Briefs?<br />
Contact Assistant Editor Amanda Stoll<br />
at a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.com or<br />
call (708) 326-9170 ext. 34. Information<br />
is due by noon on Thursdays one<br />
week prior to publication.<br />
Poetry Corner<br />
Prelude into death<br />
Julie Sanders<br />
New Lenox resident<br />
If I could catch a glimpse<br />
Of what would transpire<br />
Upon knowing my time of death<br />
What then would be my desire?<br />
Put your house in order<br />
Truly death draws near<br />
Just in the prime of life<br />
Now deprived of years.<br />
My life span gone in a flash<br />
My eyes failing with tears<br />
Certainly mourning life<br />
In what I’ve established here.<br />
My prized collection of things<br />
My glory forever be<br />
Handed down to my heirs<br />
They’ll be impressed with me.<br />
Relationships still are broken<br />
Will follow me to the grave<br />
Not able to forgive or say sorry<br />
Both parties still enslaved.<br />
What do I say to my children?<br />
I’m choked up at just the thought<br />
I’ve wasted time so easily<br />
With too many battles fought.<br />
Death reflects me in the mirror<br />
A battle plagues me there<br />
If my life passed before me<br />
Would my life be spared?<br />
Bold questions come to mind<br />
Of an eternal fate<br />
Where will I go when I die<br />
Will God open Heaven’s gate?<br />
The Bible says man is separated<br />
From God, who is holy and just<br />
Because of sin and rebellion<br />
Condemnation we are thrust.<br />
God sent his one and only son<br />
To pay man’s debt for sin<br />
Sacrificed upon the cross<br />
To make this offering.<br />
Whosoever believes in him<br />
Will not perish, but shall live<br />
Not to be judged or condemned<br />
God’s mercy and grace forgives.<br />
Or one day to be in hell<br />
For chasing earthly things<br />
To die in one’s own sins<br />
For rejecting God’s offering.<br />
To submit a poem to poetry corner,<br />
email james@newlenoxpatriot.com.
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newlenoxpatriot.com<br />
Highlighting the ‘Tradition’ of musical theater at West<br />
Students to perform<br />
‘Fiddler on the Roof’<br />
April 13-15<br />
Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor<br />
As the lights illuminate<br />
the scene on “Tradition,”<br />
the opening number of the<br />
1964 musical “Fiddler on<br />
the Roof,” the audience will<br />
find themselves looking in<br />
on a scene from 1905 Imperial<br />
Russia.<br />
Myles Mattsey, who plays<br />
the part of Tevye, is a junior<br />
at Lincoln-Way West,<br />
but has been performing on<br />
stage since he was a child.<br />
He said the hardest part<br />
about the show for him has<br />
been “trying to keep it fresh”<br />
and bring some originality to<br />
the stage with a part that has<br />
been played by many actors<br />
before him.<br />
“So many people have<br />
done this,” Mattsey said.<br />
“And so many wonderful actors<br />
have been in the same<br />
position I’m in, in so many<br />
different ways and at so<br />
many different times.”<br />
The show is about Tevye<br />
and his family, who are part<br />
of a Jewish minority in the<br />
country, and their struggles<br />
with religion, tradition, marriage,<br />
love and political oppression.<br />
Playing the part of Golde,<br />
Tevey’s wife, is Lincoln-<br />
Way West senior Julia Tolbert,<br />
who said the cast,<br />
which is broken up into families,<br />
has developed those<br />
relationships both on and off<br />
stage.<br />
“We definitely do a lot<br />
of stuff outside of school to<br />
build a really good relationship,”<br />
Tolbert said. “I knew<br />
everyone in my family before<br />
and now getting to know<br />
them even better is making<br />
what we perform on stage<br />
so much more real. It really<br />
helps our performance.”<br />
Her part is that of a mother<br />
and a wife, which is something<br />
many in the audience<br />
will relate to, but it is obviously<br />
something Tolbert has<br />
no personal experience with.<br />
She said she has put a lot of<br />
effort into putting herself in<br />
that position and mindset to<br />
better connect with the audience.<br />
Tolbert said theater has<br />
given her a foundation for<br />
communication that she will<br />
use far past graduation this<br />
spring.<br />
“It gets you prepared for<br />
life dealing with so many<br />
different types of people and<br />
being able to work together<br />
as a group and understanding<br />
that everyone has a part<br />
to play,” Tolbert said. “Being<br />
a lead role is a part of it,<br />
but it’s not the whole thing.<br />
“Community is not just<br />
one person, it’s a group, and<br />
we have to help each other in<br />
order to be strong.”<br />
Leading that group again<br />
this year is director Marta<br />
Koonce, who is still new to<br />
West as a second-year director,<br />
but Koonce is no stranger<br />
to theater, with decades of<br />
experience under her belt.<br />
She said the nature of the<br />
show has allowed students<br />
to be more creative on stage<br />
with their characters, and<br />
even the ensemble members<br />
have had a chance to create<br />
their own personalities<br />
in scenes where improve is<br />
sprinkled in with the script.<br />
The show tackles some<br />
big issues and a history few<br />
remember, and Koonce said<br />
that has been a difficulty for<br />
the students to truly portray<br />
their characters.<br />
“Even if they did their<br />
homework, they couldn’t<br />
possibly imagine what it<br />
would have been like at that<br />
time of history when you<br />
could lose everything just<br />
because of who you were<br />
Fiddler on the Roof<br />
Lincoln-Way West<br />
21701 Gougar Road in<br />
New Lenox<br />
Show times:<br />
7 p.m. Friday, April 13<br />
7 p.m. Saturday, April 14<br />
3 p.m. Sunday, April 15<br />
Cost: $10<br />
Tickets: www.lwwmusic.<br />
org<br />
Myles Mattsey, playing the part of Tevye in Lincoln-Way West’s production of “Fiddler on<br />
the Roof,” sings “If I Were a Rich Man.”. Photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd century media<br />
Tevye’s daughters, played by (clockwise from left) Abigail Sutter, Megan Perkne, Jessa<br />
Simon, Hannah Barger and Jori Simon rehearse “Matchmaker” on April 3.<br />
and what you believe in,”<br />
Koonce said.<br />
Even so, Koonce said she<br />
is happy with how hard the<br />
students have worked and<br />
how the show has turned out<br />
and said they have received<br />
a lot of help from parents<br />
who have helped out with<br />
things like set building.<br />
To keep the scenes looking<br />
natural and organic, choreographer<br />
Lisa Wainwright<br />
said she has tried to work<br />
with the students and their<br />
varying levels of experience.<br />
“Most of my choreography<br />
for the show is organic<br />
and culturally derived meaning<br />
it might come from a<br />
folk-type, movement base,”<br />
said Wainwright, who said<br />
she also used elements of<br />
ballet in some sections.<br />
She said she sometimes<br />
moves quickly when teaching<br />
choreography, which<br />
was challenging for the students,<br />
but she pushes them<br />
to produce a “high caliber”<br />
performance.<br />
“They can do it,” Wainwright<br />
said. “I think they do<br />
it extremely well.”<br />
The show has a large cast,<br />
which can be challenging to<br />
rally, but the on stage payoff<br />
is worth it.<br />
“I think it’s a huge praise<br />
to Lincoln-Way West and<br />
it’s leadership in making<br />
the kids feel comfortable in<br />
some aspect of life,” Wainwright<br />
said.<br />
She said the department<br />
welcomes newcomers<br />
whether they are freshman<br />
or seniors, and those who<br />
may not feel comfortable or<br />
be interested in taking to the<br />
stage are encouraged to be<br />
involved with the pit orchestra<br />
or tech crew.<br />
“Sometimes this pushes<br />
people out of their comfort<br />
zone, and I think that’s why,<br />
if they do get into theater,<br />
they love it so much because<br />
they grow so much from it,”<br />
Wainwright said. “They find<br />
out who they are, and what<br />
they can do and what they’re<br />
capable of doing.”
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‘Every 21 Seconds’ to make public debut<br />
T.J. Kremer III, Contributing Editor<br />
On Friday, April 13, “Every 21<br />
Seconds,” the film based on Lincoln-Way<br />
Central alum Brian Sweeney’s<br />
struggle with traumatic brain<br />
injury, will make its public debut at<br />
Emagine Theatre in Frankfort.<br />
The film previously had been<br />
screened by a private audience in<br />
January.<br />
“Every 21 Seconds” follows<br />
Sweeney’s life after he was viciously<br />
attacked outside of a bar in Wisconsin<br />
in 1992. The attack left Sweeney<br />
with a traumatic brain injury. Since<br />
then, Sweeney has been on a mission<br />
to share his story in the hopes that it<br />
will raise awareness and spur action<br />
for the approximately 2 million people<br />
per year who are diagnosed with<br />
and suffer from a TBI.<br />
“I spent the first five years trying<br />
to convince people that there<br />
was nothing wrong with me, and<br />
every day since trying to get people<br />
to understand what the challenges<br />
are for folks who go through this,<br />
what some of the deficits might be,”<br />
Sweeney said in an interview with<br />
The Patriot back in January. “But,<br />
also, what you can do, not what you<br />
can’t do. I always say focus on the<br />
capabilities, not the disabilities.<br />
“I wanted to be the voice that<br />
gave these people a voice.”<br />
The movie is based on Sweeney’s<br />
book of the same name.<br />
The film was recently nominated<br />
for several awards — including Best<br />
Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role<br />
and Best Ensemble — by Festigious,<br />
a monthly online film festival.<br />
RIGHT: Lincoln-Way Central alum<br />
Brian Sweeney (left), who wrote the<br />
book “Every 21 Seconds,” based<br />
on his struggles with a traumatic<br />
brain injury, poses with Shannon<br />
Brown, who plays Sweeney in the<br />
movie with the same title. The film<br />
opens for to the public Friday, April<br />
13, at Emagine in Frankfort. 22nd<br />
Century Media file photo<br />
Weathering the Storm<br />
Severe weather preparedness<br />
Mark T. Carroll<br />
Contributing Columnist<br />
Plan, practice,<br />
monitor and act<br />
One week each year<br />
is selected as Severe<br />
Weather Preparedness<br />
Week. Severe weather<br />
preparedness week in Illinois<br />
this year was March<br />
4-10.<br />
Preparing for severe<br />
weather should not be limited<br />
to one week each year.<br />
There is no time like the<br />
present to plan and prepare<br />
for potential severe weather<br />
events. Below is a framework<br />
and suggestions for<br />
preparing your family and<br />
business for severe weather.<br />
Ensure that you have<br />
weather safety procedures at<br />
home, work, school, on the<br />
road and anywhere else that<br />
may be impacted by severe<br />
weather. Decision makers<br />
and overseers of large<br />
groups of people should review<br />
preparedness plans and<br />
ensure they have a means<br />
to monitor the weather and<br />
shelter individuals, if severe<br />
weather threatens.<br />
The preparedness framework<br />
for severe weather is<br />
“Plan, Practice, Monitor and<br />
Act.”<br />
Plan at home, work,<br />
school and for outdoor activities.<br />
Identify safe areas,<br />
have a disaster kit and know<br />
how to stay weather aware.<br />
Practice! Practice! Practice!<br />
Know your plan, and<br />
practice it often.<br />
Monitor the weather.<br />
There are multiple ways to<br />
receive weather warnings,<br />
which include but are not<br />
limited to television, radio,<br />
NOAA Weather Radio, notification<br />
on your cellphone,<br />
phone aps, etc.<br />
Activate your plan when<br />
severe weather threatens.<br />
Three basic things that<br />
should be known by the<br />
occupants of every home or<br />
business are as follows.<br />
1. Where to go if severe<br />
weather threatens. Find a<br />
safe interior room, preferably<br />
on the lowest level of<br />
the building, and let everyone<br />
know that’s where they<br />
should go during severe<br />
weather.<br />
2. How to get in touch<br />
(communicate). Know how<br />
to reach one another after a<br />
disaster strikes.<br />
3. Choose a “Meet Up<br />
Spot.” Have a standard<br />
meeting spot after the severe<br />
weather has passed that<br />
everyone knows. This will<br />
help determine if anyone is<br />
missing.<br />
Severe storms in Illinois<br />
are most probably in spring<br />
and summer (April through<br />
June) but can happen any<br />
time of year. The most<br />
probable time of day for<br />
tornadoes is 3-10 p.m. but<br />
can occur at any time.<br />
Tornado safety<br />
At home: Go to the basement<br />
and under a stairwell<br />
or heavy piece of furniture.<br />
If your home does not have<br />
a basement, go to an interior<br />
closet, hall or bathroom on<br />
the lowest floor, away from<br />
windows. Put as many walls<br />
between you and the outside<br />
as possible.<br />
At schools, hospitals and<br />
office buildings: Go to small<br />
interior rooms or interior<br />
halls on the lowest floors.<br />
Avoid long corridors with<br />
windows and large open<br />
areas with free span roofs,<br />
such as gymnasiums.<br />
At shopping centers: Go<br />
to bathrooms and small interior<br />
spaces, and avoid large<br />
open areas and glass.<br />
In a mobile home:<br />
Abandon the mobile home<br />
and vehicles for a nearby<br />
enforced building. Lie flat in<br />
a ditch as a last resort.<br />
In a vehicle: Do not seek<br />
shelter under an overpass or<br />
attempt to outrun a tornado<br />
in your vehicle.<br />
Lightning safety<br />
Reports say 64 percent of<br />
lightning fatalities happen<br />
during outdoor activities,<br />
namely boating, swimming<br />
and other sports.<br />
If you hear thunder,<br />
lightning is close enough to<br />
strike you. Lightning can<br />
strike up to 20 miles from a<br />
cloud. If you see lightning<br />
and hear the thunder less<br />
than 5 seconds later, the<br />
lightning was less than one<br />
mile away.<br />
Seek shelter indoors when<br />
storms approach; there is no<br />
safe spot outdoors during a<br />
thunderstorm.<br />
A closed, hard-top metal<br />
vehicle is safe in a storm.<br />
March weather review<br />
The weather in March<br />
was fairly quiet, with<br />
slightly below-normal<br />
temperatures, below-normal<br />
snowfall and below-normal<br />
precipitation. A minor snow<br />
event occurred March 13<br />
with New Lenox reporting<br />
1.5 inches of snow and<br />
Lockport 1 inch. A major<br />
snow event missed our area<br />
to the south March 24, with<br />
portions of Central Illinois<br />
receiving nearly a foot of<br />
snow and no snow being<br />
reported in our area. For the<br />
winter season, through the<br />
end of March, our seasonal<br />
snow total was roughly 2<br />
inches below normal.<br />
The weather for April and<br />
beyond<br />
The forecast from the National<br />
Centers for Environmental<br />
Prediction calls for<br />
near-normal temperatures<br />
and near-normal precipitation<br />
for April. NCEP also<br />
is predicting above-normal<br />
temperatures and abovenormal<br />
precipitation for<br />
May and June.<br />
Mark T. Carroll is the president<br />
of CALM Weather LLC, a meteorological<br />
consulting service<br />
based in Oak Forest. For more<br />
information, visit calmwx.com.
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Tradycja builds upon Polish traditions with modern flair<br />
Bill Jones, Managing Editor<br />
A new Polish restaurant opens in<br />
Orland Park.<br />
“Is it a deli or a buffet?”<br />
That is the question with which<br />
Damian Piekarczyk has been faced<br />
ever since opening the doors to<br />
Tradycja half a year ago in Orland<br />
Park. The calls are almost daily,<br />
but the answer to it is: neither.<br />
“Polish culture is not about buffets<br />
and delis,” Piekarczyk said,<br />
calling that an “old misconception.”<br />
While Tradycja literally means<br />
“tradition,” the restaurant brands<br />
itself as “Polish fusion cuisine.”<br />
Similarly, while a portion of its<br />
menu deals in Polish comfort food<br />
— such as dumplings, breaded<br />
pork chops, potato pancakes and<br />
stuffed cabbage — the rest of it is<br />
an exploration of everything else<br />
Polish cuisine can be.<br />
“It’s a plated restaurant and dinner,”<br />
Piekarczyk said. “We want<br />
to show that Polish cuisine, Polish<br />
food, is not just a buffet. We have<br />
nice restaurants.”<br />
In fact, the standards of Polish<br />
cuisine to which many Americans<br />
are accustomed are more akin to<br />
comfort foods back in Poland,<br />
Piekarczyk explained. People rarely<br />
go out to eat them; they are simply<br />
made at home. And they do not<br />
display the true skills of a chef the<br />
way modern food can, he said.<br />
Piekarczyk’s cuisine much more<br />
resembles what one would find at<br />
hotel restaurants in Poland. In fact,<br />
Piekarczyk, who moved to the<br />
United States just four years ago,<br />
got his culinary start at a Polish<br />
hotel called Crocus, working under<br />
a mentor by the name of Sebastian<br />
Krauzowicz.<br />
It is Piekarczyk’s mission to take<br />
the things he learned and educate<br />
the area on modern Polish cuisine.<br />
And he considered Orland Park an<br />
obvious spot to do it after moving<br />
to the Chicago area.<br />
“You don’t have many Polish<br />
restaurants here, and you have a<br />
lot of Polish people,” he said of the<br />
village.<br />
The mission starts, of course,<br />
with the food. Tradycja’s main focus<br />
is modern Polish cuisine, and<br />
Piekarczyk said it will continue to<br />
change with the season, using fresh<br />
fish and berries as they are available.<br />
When asked of which dish he<br />
is most proud, Piekarczyk interestingly<br />
enough goes to the soups<br />
portion of the menu, where he features<br />
a creamy potato with sheep’s<br />
cheese variety ($7), which includes<br />
shiitake mushrooms, chives and<br />
truffle oil — a “Highland thing”<br />
that helps show off his heritage.<br />
He also is partial to the lamb rack<br />
($26), served with shallots, artichoke,<br />
carrot ragout, parsley and<br />
cashew pesto. And while everything<br />
is plated to perfection, the<br />
pork tenderloin ($18) may be<br />
among the most photogenic of the<br />
bunch, featuring three medallions<br />
with saffron potatoes, carrots, fried<br />
leeks and a wild mushroom sauce.<br />
Tradycja<br />
14478 S. LaGrange Road in<br />
Orland Park<br />
Hours<br />
• 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday-<br />
Saturday<br />
• Noon-9 p.m. Sunday<br />
• Closed Mondays<br />
• Summer Hours: 11 a.m.-11<br />
p.m. Friday and Saturday<br />
For more information ...<br />
Phone: (708) 949-8109<br />
Virtually every dish on the menu<br />
has a different plate to feature it,<br />
according to server Agnieszka<br />
Kuc, who helped with translations<br />
in the interview with Piekarczyk,<br />
as needed. While Piekarczyk ultimately<br />
is calling the shots in the<br />
kitchen, Kuc said he is great about<br />
taking staff feedback and letting<br />
everyone contribute good ideas to<br />
make the restaurant stronger, especially<br />
when it comes to the bar.<br />
Among the can’t-miss offerings<br />
there, for those of age, is the cytrynówka,<br />
which Kuc said is like a<br />
Highlander version of limoncello,<br />
made in house.<br />
“Every family has their version<br />
of it,” she said.<br />
The look of Tradycja is just as<br />
important to Piekarczyk as its cuisine.<br />
One wall features a series of<br />
Highlander crests, and everything<br />
from the tables and chairs to the<br />
wood adorning the bar area was<br />
shipped from Poland to decorate<br />
the restaurant. And the chef even<br />
ABOVE: The pork tenderloin ($18) features saffron potatoes, carrots,<br />
fried leeks and a wild mushroom sauce, showing off chef Damian<br />
Piekarczyk’s take on modern Polish cuisine.<br />
TOP OF PAGE: A panoramic view shows the back half of Tradycja,<br />
a Polish fusion restaurant that opened late last year in Orland Park.<br />
Photos by Bill Jones/22nd Century Media<br />
spent what “many people” have<br />
told him was probably too much to<br />
make sure the bathrooms not only<br />
fit the theme but also help customers<br />
feel comfortable with the<br />
quality of establishment Tradycja<br />
strives to be.<br />
Piekarczyk said Friday and Saturday<br />
evenings have been busy,<br />
while Sundays see a predominantly<br />
Polish crowd. But Tradycja also<br />
features a limited lunch menu during<br />
the week and offers customers<br />
a catering menu.<br />
But dinner is where Piekarczyk<br />
truly shines. While he could not<br />
find the perfect word in English for<br />
the feeling he has about bringing<br />
what he does to the United States,<br />
he described it as something akin<br />
to a calling or purpose. He knew,<br />
even when he was learning in Poland,<br />
that he one day wanted to<br />
bring his talents here to show people<br />
what Polish cuisine is all about.<br />
“I’m very glad that I’m here,” he<br />
said. “People have to know about<br />
us.”
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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku<br />
The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park<br />
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur<br />
Across<br />
1. Dogfaces<br />
4. Gorbachev was its last<br />
leader<br />
8. Moisten the turkey<br />
13. Compass point<br />
14. Regattas<br />
16. British megastar<br />
pop-rock singer, first<br />
name<br />
17. Key abbr.<br />
18. Sponge<br />
19. Smoked delicacies<br />
20. Ending for Israel<br />
21. Educator Bill<br />
22. Dance, when<br />
doubled<br />
23. Orland Park lake<br />
27. Le ___, France<br />
30. Optician’s output<br />
32. Apple operating<br />
system<br />
33. Bicycle part<br />
34. Large northern deer<br />
35. Condensed waters<br />
36. Chow ___<br />
37. Toby Keith song:<br />
“___ Smile”<br />
39. Hairdo<br />
41. Longtime record<br />
label<br />
44. Corporation type<br />
45. Switch settings<br />
46. Michelin offering<br />
51. Aquatic mammal<br />
54. Reprimanded harshly<br />
55. Prefix with dermis<br />
56. Expressions of<br />
surprise<br />
57. “Take me __ am”<br />
58. Lots of land<br />
60. Bread and butter, e.g.<br />
63. High ball<br />
64. Fly fishing place<br />
65. Takes in<br />
66. Calamity<br />
67. Like dishwater<br />
68. Former Speaker<br />
Gingrich<br />
69. Hook shape<br />
Down<br />
1. Metamorphic rock<br />
2. Arch<br />
3. Withdraw, formally<br />
4. Website symbol<br />
5. Envelope that comes<br />
back to you<br />
6. Picturesque<br />
7. Conserve resources by<br />
reusing them<br />
8. Sir Toby of “Twelfth<br />
Night”<br />
9. Warm welcome<br />
10. University with a satellite<br />
campus in Orland<br />
Park<br />
11. Foot digit<br />
12. One-striper, abbr.<br />
15. Mideast money<br />
24. Score marking<br />
25. Decorative case<br />
26. German classical<br />
composer<br />
28. Argument<br />
29. Twisty turn<br />
31. First U.S. space station<br />
35. Channels<br />
36. Gathered<br />
38. Stew cooker<br />
39. Nanki-___ of “The<br />
Mikado”<br />
40. Neighbor of Que.<br />
42. Moses ___ of the NBA<br />
43. Des Moines native<br />
47. “Yeah, right!”<br />
48. Printing style<br />
49. Fix your shoe<br />
50. Like some mushrooms<br />
52. Fencing swords<br />
53. Perilous<br />
58. Temperature controls,<br />
briefly<br />
59. Vineyard in France<br />
61. Compass direction<br />
62. Former fast flier, for<br />
short<br />
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How to play Sudoku<br />
Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that<br />
has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3<br />
squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and<br />
box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9.<br />
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Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Home Series<br />
At Prairie Trails in Manhattan and WestGate Manor in Peotone!<br />
Two new designs (with more to follow) are a direct result of buyer feedback<br />
Two refreshing designs mark<br />
the beginning of a new series<br />
of Craftsman-style homes<br />
available from Distinctive Home<br />
Builders at its latest new home<br />
communities: Prairie Trails;<br />
located in Manhattan within the<br />
highly-regarded Lincoln-Way<br />
School District and at WestGate<br />
Manor in Peotone within<br />
the desirable Peotone School<br />
District.<br />
“Craftsman homes were<br />
introduced in the early 1900s<br />
in California with designs<br />
based on a simpler, functional<br />
aesthetic using a higher level<br />
of craftsmanship and natural<br />
materials. These homes were a<br />
departure from homes that were<br />
mass produced from that era,<br />
“according to Bryan Nooner,<br />
president of Distinctive Home<br />
Builders.<br />
“The Craftsman design has<br />
made a comeback today for<br />
many of the same reasons it<br />
started over a century ago. Our<br />
customers want to live in a home<br />
that gets away from the “mass<br />
produced” look and live in a<br />
home that has more character. As<br />
a result of our daily interaction<br />
with our homeowners and their<br />
input, we are excited to introduce<br />
these two homes, with additional<br />
designs in the works.”<br />
Nooner, who meets with<br />
each homeowner prior to<br />
construction, has been working<br />
on these plans for a while and felt<br />
that the timing was ideal for the<br />
debut. “Customers were asking<br />
for something different and<br />
simple with less monotony and<br />
higher architectural standards.”<br />
The result was the Craftsman<br />
ranch and the Prairie twostory,<br />
now available at Prairie<br />
Trails and WestGate Manor.<br />
The Craftsman ranch features<br />
an open floor plan with Great<br />
Room, three bedrooms, two<br />
baths and a two-car (optional<br />
three-car) garage. The Prairie<br />
features a two-story foyer and<br />
Great Room, three bedrooms<br />
and one and one-half baths, a<br />
convenient Flex Room space<br />
on the main level and a two-car<br />
(optional three-car) garage. The<br />
Craftsman architectural elements<br />
on both homes include brick and<br />
stone exteriors with cedar shake<br />
accent siding, low-pitched gabled<br />
bracket roofs, front porches with<br />
tapered columns and stone piers,<br />
partially paned windows, and a<br />
standard panel front entry door.<br />
Distinctive Home Builders<br />
offers a Craftsman-style trim<br />
package offering trim without<br />
ornate profiles and routers. The<br />
trim features simplicity in design<br />
with rectangles, straight lines and<br />
layered look trims over doors for<br />
example. The front entry door<br />
will have the standard Craftsman<br />
panel style door. Distinctive has<br />
also created a Craftsman color<br />
palate to assist buyers in making<br />
coordinated choices for the<br />
interior of their new Craftsman<br />
home. Colors, cabinet styles and<br />
flooring choices blend seamlessly<br />
with the Craftsman trim package<br />
and are available in gray tones<br />
package and earth tones.<br />
Distinctive offers custom maple<br />
kitchen cabinets featuring solid<br />
wood construction (no particle<br />
board), have solid wood drawers<br />
with dove tail joints, which is<br />
very rare in the marketplace.<br />
“When you buy a new home<br />
from Distinctive, you truly are<br />
receiving custom made cabinets<br />
in every home we sell no matter<br />
what the price range,” noted<br />
Nooner.<br />
Distinctive Home Builders<br />
works to achieve a delivery goal<br />
of 90 days with zero punch list<br />
items for its homeowners. “Our<br />
three decades building homes<br />
provides an efficient construction<br />
system,” said Nooner. “Many of<br />
our skilled craftsmen have been<br />
working with our company<br />
for over 20 years. We also<br />
take pride on having excellent<br />
communicators throughout our<br />
organization. This translates into<br />
a positive buying and building<br />
experience for our homeowners<br />
and one of the highest referral<br />
rates in the industry.”<br />
Nooner added that all homes<br />
are highly energy efficient. Every<br />
home built will have upgraded<br />
wall and ceiling insulation<br />
values with energy efficient<br />
windows and high efficiency<br />
furnaces. Before homeowners<br />
move into their new home,<br />
Distinctive Home Builders<br />
conducts a blower door test that<br />
pressurizes the home to ensure<br />
that each home passes a set of<br />
very stringent Energy Efficiency<br />
guidelines.<br />
With the addition of these two<br />
new designs, there are now 15<br />
ranch, split-level and six twostory<br />
single-family home styles to<br />
choose from each offering from<br />
three to eight different exterior<br />
elevations at both communities.<br />
The three- to four-bedroom<br />
homes feature one and one-half<br />
to two-and-one-half baths, twoto<br />
three-car garages and a family<br />
room, all in approximately 1,600<br />
to over 3,000 square feet of living<br />
space. Basements are included in<br />
most models as well. Distinctive<br />
also encourages customization<br />
to make your new home truly<br />
personalized to suit your lifestyle.<br />
Oversize home sites; brick<br />
exteriors on all four sides of the<br />
first floor; custom maple cabinets;<br />
ceramic tile or hardwood<br />
floors in the kitchen, baths and<br />
foyer; genuine wood trim and<br />
doors and concrete driveways<br />
can all be yours at Prairie<br />
Trails and WestGate Manor.<br />
Most all home sites at Prairie<br />
Trails and WestGate Manor<br />
can accommodate a three-car<br />
garage; a very important amenity<br />
to the Manhattan homebuyer,<br />
said Nooner.<br />
“When we opened Prairie<br />
Trails and WestGate Manor we<br />
wanted to provide the best new<br />
home value for the dollar and<br />
we feel with offering Premium<br />
Standard Features that we do<br />
just that. So why wait? This is<br />
truly the best time to build your<br />
dream home!”<br />
Prairie Trails is also a beautiful<br />
place to live and raise a family<br />
featuring a 20-acre lake on site,<br />
as well as direct access to the 22-<br />
mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie<br />
Path that borders the community<br />
and meanders through many<br />
neighboring communities and<br />
links to many other popular<br />
trails. The Manhattan Metra<br />
station is less than a mile away.<br />
Besides Prairie Trails,<br />
Distinctive Home Builders<br />
has built homes throughout<br />
Manhattan in the Butternut<br />
Ridge and Leighlinbridge<br />
developments, as well as in the<br />
Will and south Cook county<br />
areas over the past 30 years.<br />
Distinctive Home Builders<br />
chose the Will County village<br />
of Peotone for its newest<br />
community of 38 single-family<br />
homes at WestGate Manor<br />
within walking distance of the<br />
esteemed Peotone High School.<br />
Its convenient location between<br />
Interstate 57 and Illinois Route<br />
50 provide easy access to I-80<br />
and commuters enjoy several<br />
nearby train stations and a<br />
35-minute drive to Chicago.<br />
Visit the on-site sales<br />
information center for<br />
unadvertised specials and view<br />
the numerous styles of homes<br />
being offered and the available<br />
lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708)<br />
737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for<br />
more information or visit www.<br />
distinctivehomebuilders.com.<br />
The Prairie Trails and WestGate<br />
Manor new home information<br />
center is located three miles<br />
south of Laraway Rd. on Rt.<br />
52. The address is 24458 S.<br />
Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422.<br />
Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00<br />
p.m. Closed Wednesday and<br />
Thursday and always available<br />
by appointment.<br />
Specials, prices, specifications,<br />
standard features, model<br />
offerings, build times and lot<br />
availability are subject to change<br />
without notice. Please contact<br />
a Distinctive representative for<br />
current pricing and complete<br />
details.<br />
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9’ ceilings, full bathroom<br />
and two large bedrooms.<br />
Trex composite decking<br />
and railing overlooks the huge backyard. Fire Pit, shed, sprinkler system, and new roof<br />
make up the rest of the home.<br />
Listing Price: $445,800<br />
Listing Agent: Bard and Sharon Vinson, Keller Williams Preferred<br />
Realty. Contact Brad at (312) 241-4547, Sharon at (815) 260-<br />
9546 or visit www.vinsonsellshouses.com<br />
March 5<br />
• 1019 Shagbark Road, New Lenox,<br />
60451-2465 - Maureen Taylor to Debra<br />
A. Palumbo, $104,000<br />
• 920 E. Joliet Highway, New Lenox,<br />
60451-2033 - Dnd Property Investments<br />
to Carie Mohney, Carol F. Wydajewski<br />
$221,500<br />
Feb 23<br />
• 1231 Town Crest Drive Unit E, New<br />
Lenox, 60451-1237 - Dl Enterprises to<br />
Thomas J Kelly, Mary A Kelly $88,000<br />
• 272 Circlegate Road, New Lenox,<br />
60451-2690 - Christie Kehl to Debra L.<br />
Palkovitz, $130,000<br />
• 744 Mallard Drive, New Lenox, 60451-<br />
1968 - JT Builders to John A Rossi Jr.,<br />
Debra P. Rossi $303,000<br />
The Going Rate is provided by Record<br />
Information Services, Inc. For more<br />
information, visit www.public-record.com or<br />
call (630) 557-1000.
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Village Seeks Seasonal Maintenance Workers<br />
The Village of Homer Glen is seeking to fill 2 F/T<br />
seasonal maintenance worker positions. This position<br />
requires physical labor and will assist in maintaining the<br />
grounds of public property.<br />
Applicants must be 18 yrs. of age, have a H.S. diploma or<br />
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week from May to October. Selected candidates will be required<br />
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and drug screen.<br />
Interested candidates must complete the job application<br />
found on the Village’s website www.homerglenil.org<br />
Completed applications can be e-mailed to Heather<br />
Kokodynsky at hkokodynsky@homerglenil.org or mailed<br />
to Village of Homer Glen, Attn: Heather<br />
Kokodynsky, 14240 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen,<br />
IL 60491.<br />
CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE<br />
The Village ofMokena has an opening in the Community<br />
Development Department for a Customer Service Representative.<br />
The successful candidate will have an extensive<br />
background of customer service, athorough knowledge of<br />
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to: answering and directing phone calls, waiting on<br />
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Municipal experience preferred but not required. Salary<br />
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1023 S. Cedar Rd.<br />
New Lenox, IL 60451<br />
Part-time Telephone Work<br />
calling from home for<br />
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Must be reliable and have<br />
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M-F, 10am - 1pm Only!<br />
Cashier/Sales Help Wanted<br />
Will-Cook Ace Hardware<br />
12121 W. 159th St.<br />
Homer Glen, IL 60471<br />
708.301.7130<br />
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AERO Rubber Company, Inc.<br />
bschatte@aerorubber.com<br />
SALES ASSISTANT<br />
Due to our rapid growth and<br />
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Hardwood Floor Installers<br />
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Screen Printers &<br />
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Same Day Tees<br />
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Frankfort, IL 60423<br />
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pete@samedaytees.com<br />
F/T Cook Wanted<br />
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Landscaping & Lawn<br />
Maintenance Personnel<br />
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$13-18/hr. F/T, Immediate<br />
Hire (708) 687-8091 /<br />
office@threebrothers<br />
landscaping.net<br />
F/T Front Office Help<br />
Diverse tasks: receivables;<br />
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Email resume to:<br />
employment1256@gmail.com<br />
Security Officers<br />
Hiring Event 4/16,<br />
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Retirees welcomed FT/PT.<br />
call 708-385-3300 for apt.<br />
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P/T Cashier & Sales<br />
Customer service & POS<br />
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Contact Lauren @ Melka<br />
Garden Center or<br />
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Lawn Care Service<br />
Looking for responsible,<br />
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1058 Moving Sale<br />
Lockport 14913 W Victoria<br />
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4/14 10-3pm Furniture, two<br />
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Saturday April 14th & 21st,<br />
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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />
of 2698 TANAGA BASIN ,NEW LE-<br />
NOX, IL, IL 60451 (RED & GREY<br />
SINGLE FAMILY 2STORY HOME<br />
WITH ATTACHED 3CAR GARAGE.<br />
). On the 3rd day ofMay, 2018 to be<br />
held at 12:00 noon, at the Will County<br />
Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case<br />
Title: BANC OF AMERICA MORT-<br />
GAGE CAPITAL CORPORATION<br />
Plaintiff V. JAMES T. HOPKINSON<br />
A/K/A JAMES HOPKINSON; GLO-<br />
RIA J. HOPKINSON A/K/A GLORIA<br />
HOPKINSON; WELLS FARGO<br />
BANK, N.A.; FIRST AMERICAN<br />
BANK; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND<br />
NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendant.<br />
Case No. 08CH 2515 in the Circuit<br />
Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,<br />
Will County, Illinois.<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />
time of sale and the balance within<br />
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />
the residential real estate pursuant<br />
to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />
lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />
whose rights in and tothe residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />
payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />
County. Judgment amount is<br />
$291,671.43 plus interest, cost and post<br />
judgment advances, if any.<br />
In the event the property is acondomin-<br />
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765<br />
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified<br />
that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />
and legal fees required bysubdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />
required by subsection (g-1)<br />
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />
Property Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />
if there is asurplus following application<br />
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties<br />
to the proceeding advising them of<br />
the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />
acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />
the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />
is forfeited to the State.<br />
For Information Please Contact:<br />
PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES<br />
1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60602<br />
P: 312-346-9088<br />
F:<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />
of 1006 Somerset Acres, New Lenox, IL<br />
60451 (Residential). On the 19th day of<br />
April, 2018 to be held at 12:00 noon, at<br />
the Will County Courthouse Annex, 57<br />
N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL<br />
60432, under Case Title: Fifth Third<br />
Mortgage Company Plaintiff V.Kim A.<br />
Bohne; et. al. Defendant.<br />
Case No. 17CH 1176 in the Circuit<br />
Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,<br />
Will County, Illinois.<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />
time of sale and the balance within<br />
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />
the residential real estate pursuant<br />
to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />
lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />
whose rights in and tothe residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />
payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />
County.<br />
In the event the property is acondomin-<br />
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765<br />
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified<br />
that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />
and legal fees required bysubdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />
required by subsection (g-1)<br />
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />
Property Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />
if there is asurplus following application<br />
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties<br />
to the proceeding advising them of<br />
the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />
acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />
the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />
is forfeited to the State.<br />
For Information Please Contact:<br />
Codilis & Associates, P.C.<br />
15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100<br />
Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527<br />
P: 630-794-5300<br />
F: 630-794-9090<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />
2702 Public<br />
Notices<br />
Certificate No. 31416 was filed in<br />
the office of the County Clerk of<br />
Will County on March 22, 2018.<br />
On March 8, 2017, an original certificate<br />
of ownership was filed in<br />
the office of the County Clerk for<br />
S.P. Landscaping And Snowplowing<br />
with the business located at<br />
607 W Marion St, Joliet, IL 60436<br />
New Business Address: 14 Seeser,<br />
Joliet, IL 60436<br />
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have<br />
hereunto set my hand and Official<br />
Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois,<br />
this 22nd day of March, 2018<br />
Nancy Schultz Voots<br />
Will County Clerk<br />
2703 Legal<br />
Notices<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />
STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />
) SS.<br />
COUNTY OF WILL )<br />
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE<br />
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT<br />
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />
BANC OF AMERICA MORTGAGE<br />
CAPITAL CORPORATION<br />
Plaintiff,<br />
vs.<br />
JAMES T. HOPKINSON A/K/A<br />
JAMES HOPKINSON; GLORIA J.<br />
HOPKINSON A/K/A GLORIA HOP-<br />
KINSON; WELLS FARGO BANK,<br />
N.A.; FIRST AMERICAN BANK; UN-<br />
KNOWN OWNERS AND NON RE-<br />
CORD CLAIMANTS;<br />
Defendant. No. 08 CH 2515<br />
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />
Public notice ishereby given that pursuant<br />
toajudgment entered in the above<br />
cause on the 7th day of September,<br />
2010, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will<br />
County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the<br />
3rd day ofMay, 2018 ,commencing at<br />
12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will County<br />
Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public<br />
auction to the highest and best bidder<br />
or bidders the following-described real<br />
estate:<br />
LOT 106 IN PALMER RANCH UNIT<br />
4, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF<br />
THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OFSECTION<br />
32, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE<br />
11, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCI-<br />
PAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO<br />
THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED<br />
MARCH 14, 2000 AS DOCUMENT<br />
R2000-026561 IN WILL COUNTY, IL-<br />
LINOIS.<br />
Commonly known as: 2698 TAN-<br />
AGA BASIN ,NEW LENOX, IL, IL<br />
60451<br />
Description of Improvements:<br />
RED & GREY SINGLE FAMILY 2<br />
STORY HOME WITH ATTACHED 3<br />
CAR GARAGE.<br />
P.I.N.: 15-08-32-406-025-0000<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />
time of sale and the balance within<br />
twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale<br />
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />
the residential real estate pursuant<br />
to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />
lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />
whose rights inand to the residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />
payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />
County. Judgment amount is<br />
$291,671.43 plus interest, cost and post<br />
judgment advances, if any.<br />
In the event the property is acondomin-<br />
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765<br />
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified<br />
that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />
and legal fees required bysubdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />
required by subsection (g-1)<br />
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />
Property Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />
if there is asurplus following application<br />
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties<br />
to the proceeding advising them of<br />
the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />
acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />
the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />
is forfeited to the State.<br />
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-<br />
TACT:<br />
PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES<br />
1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60602<br />
P: 312-346-9088<br />
F:<br />
Plaintiff's Attorney<br />
MIKE KELLEY<br />
Sheriff of Will County<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />
STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />
) SS.<br />
COUNTY OF WILL )<br />
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE<br />
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT<br />
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />
Fifth Third Mortgage Company<br />
Plaintiff,<br />
vs.<br />
Kim A. Bohne; et. al.<br />
Defendant. No. 17 CH 1176<br />
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />
Public notice ishereby given that pursuant<br />
toajudgment entered in the above<br />
cause on the 29th day of November,<br />
2017, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will<br />
County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the<br />
19th day of April, 2018 ,commencing<br />
at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will<br />
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa<br />
Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432,<br />
sell at public auction tothe highest and<br />
best bidder orbidders the following-described<br />
real estate:<br />
LOT 65, IN SPRINGVIEW WEST<br />
UNIT 3,BEING A SUBDIVISION OF<br />
THAT PART OFTHE WEST 1/2 OF<br />
THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF<br />
SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH,<br />
RANGE 11 EAST OF THE THIRD<br />
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORD-<br />
ING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RE-<br />
CORDED NOVEMBER 8, 1989, AS<br />
DOCUMENT NO. R89-57934, AND<br />
CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION<br />
RECORDED NOVEMBER 28, 1989,<br />
AS DOCUMENT NO. R89-61684 IN<br />
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.<br />
Commonly known as: 1006 Somerset<br />
Acres, New Lenox, IL 60451<br />
Description of Improvements:<br />
Residential<br />
P.I.N.: 15-08-05-409-002-0000<br />
Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />
time of sale and the balance within<br />
twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale<br />
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />
the residential real estate pursuant<br />
to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />
lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />
whose rights inand to the residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />
payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />
County.<br />
In the event the property is acondomin-<br />
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765<br />
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified<br />
that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />
and legal fees required bysubdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />
required by subsection (g-1)<br />
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />
Property Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />
if there is asurplus following application<br />
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties<br />
to the proceeding advising them of<br />
the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />
acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />
the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />
is forfeited to the State.<br />
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-<br />
TACT:<br />
Codilis & Associates, P.C.<br />
15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100<br />
Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527<br />
P: 630-794-5300<br />
F: 630-794-9090<br />
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MIKE KELLEY<br />
Sheriff of Will County<br />
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Athlete of the Week<br />
10 Questions<br />
with Abby Baez<br />
Abby Baez is a senior at<br />
Lincoln-Way West and the<br />
starting catcher on the softball<br />
team.<br />
So are you related to<br />
Javier Báez?<br />
Sometimes I say he’s my<br />
cousin. Then people say,<br />
“oh, really?” And then I admit,<br />
“no, he’s not.” I wish.<br />
But I don’t really watch<br />
baseball. When I do I root<br />
for both Chicago teams.<br />
The team didn’t even<br />
get to play last week<br />
[ending on April 7]<br />
because of the rainy,<br />
cold weather. How<br />
frustrating has that<br />
been?<br />
It’s frustrating. It’s really<br />
hard to get space inside for<br />
practice, too, so we’ve had<br />
to practice in the morning.<br />
We’ve had practice at 5:30<br />
a.m., which is OK with me<br />
since I’m a morning person.<br />
When you’ve been able<br />
to play, the team is 2-3<br />
on the season. So how<br />
do you think that has<br />
gone?<br />
We’ve got some younger<br />
players, so we’re trying to<br />
work with everyone. We’re<br />
trying to work evenly as a<br />
team.<br />
How long have you<br />
played softball?<br />
I first started playing when<br />
I was 6 or 7. I played tee ball,<br />
then rec ball and then travel<br />
ball when I was 10. I first<br />
played travel with the New<br />
Lenox Lightning, then the<br />
Beverly Bandits, and now I<br />
play for the Louisville Sluggers<br />
out of Kentucky. That<br />
makes for a lot of travel. My<br />
parents, Chuck and Nell Baez,<br />
also supported me playing,<br />
and I have to credit my hitting<br />
instructor, Tony Hull.<br />
So were you on the<br />
16U Beverly Bandits<br />
team that won the PGF<br />
16U Premier National<br />
Championship?<br />
Yes. I was the starting<br />
catcher (going 2-for-3 with<br />
2 RBI in the 10-1 win in the<br />
final game). The team was<br />
coached by Eddy Ketelhut,<br />
who is now an assistant softball<br />
coach at Auburn University.<br />
We had to fight back<br />
through the losers bracket<br />
and win 10 games in a row.<br />
Not many teams end their<br />
season with a win. It was a<br />
crazy, wonderful day with a<br />
good group of girls.<br />
What is it about softball<br />
that makes it the sport<br />
for you?<br />
I like to be in control of<br />
most things in my life. I<br />
feel like I’m in control as a<br />
catcher. Being behind the<br />
plate, I feel like I’m in control<br />
of the whole field. I like<br />
to be the leader and be vocal<br />
out there. It’s exciting to be<br />
in the situation. When I was<br />
in junior high [at Manhattan<br />
Jr. High], I was a middle hitter<br />
in volleyball. But I never<br />
played that in high school.<br />
What team do you look<br />
forward to playing the<br />
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most this season?<br />
I came from Lincoln-Way<br />
Central, so I always look<br />
forward to playing them [the<br />
two teams are scheduled to<br />
play this Friday, April 13 at<br />
4:30 at West]. I was a varsity<br />
starter there as a freshman in<br />
the outfield and as a sophomore<br />
as a catcher. Then the<br />
boundaries changed and I<br />
went to West. So the game<br />
always has a lot of intensity.<br />
What have you learned<br />
from West softball<br />
coach Heather Novak?<br />
She likes to follow the rules<br />
and always has us doing a lot<br />
of community service. We recently<br />
went to a senior home<br />
and did a lot of things with<br />
them. Softball wise, she’s<br />
taught us a lot about hitting.<br />
Are you going to play<br />
softball in college?<br />
Yes I am. I signed to play<br />
with Purdue - Fort Wayne.<br />
When I was with the Bandits,<br />
my sophomore year,<br />
I took a visit there. I fell in<br />
love with them. I verbally<br />
committed right then and<br />
there, and that’s been it.<br />
What’s the best thing<br />
about being an athlete<br />
at Lincoln-Way West?<br />
The best thing is being<br />
able to work with the team.<br />
I’ve made so many new<br />
friends and the coaching<br />
staff is great.<br />
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Randy<br />
From Page 45<br />
the following March.<br />
Even though the boys basketball<br />
team lost the championship<br />
game, the fact that the<br />
Warriors got there was one of<br />
the best stories I’ve followed.<br />
It should give hope to how<br />
a program can turnaround.<br />
From 0-31 in its first season<br />
and a total record of 14-104 in<br />
its first four seasons to a state<br />
title appearance in its seventh<br />
season. The highlight of that<br />
season was defeating Morgan<br />
Park 68-60 locally in the Joliet<br />
Central Supersectional.<br />
The Warriors weren’t supposed<br />
to be within 20 points,<br />
let alone win that game.<br />
From the schools inception<br />
the baseball, softball<br />
and girls basketball teams<br />
have always been top-notch<br />
programs. I’m fortunate to<br />
deal with so many excellent<br />
coaches and administrators in<br />
my job. Two of the best are<br />
at West with Athletic Director<br />
Ted Robbins and Principal<br />
Monica Schmitt. With their<br />
leadership the wait shouldn’t<br />
be too long before a team tile<br />
comes to the West side of<br />
New Lenox.<br />
In my time as a local sports<br />
reporter I’ve encountered<br />
many, many good coaches.<br />
But perhaps the one I was<br />
most happy for when he won<br />
a state title was Dick Mandella.<br />
I first met coach Mandella<br />
when he was a fiery boys<br />
basketball coach in the mid<br />
80’s at Providence. He later<br />
moved to the softball coach<br />
there and turned that program<br />
around.<br />
In 2001 he took a job as<br />
softball coach at the oneand-only<br />
Lincoln-Way which<br />
became Lincoln-Way Central<br />
when East opened in the<br />
fall of 2001. His teams from<br />
2001-07 won at least 26<br />
games each season and went<br />
a total of 201-40. But the<br />
Knights never won a sectional,<br />
so they and coach Mandella<br />
were labeled as “couldn’t<br />
win the big one.”<br />
But everything that went<br />
wrong in the postseason those<br />
previous seasons went right<br />
in a glorious run in 2008. I<br />
got to cover the Knights last<br />
five games that spring as it all<br />
came together and they found<br />
ways to win. From the home<br />
run hitting of right fielder<br />
Courtney Dunker in the sectional<br />
semifinal game. From<br />
center fielder Desi DeMarco<br />
hitting a late home run in the<br />
sectional final and throwing<br />
out a New Trier runner<br />
at home in extra innings in<br />
a scoreless state semifinal<br />
game.<br />
Shortstop Cassie Redman<br />
overcoming an earlier error<br />
and making a pair of good<br />
plays in the bottom of the<br />
seventh as the Knights overcame<br />
a bases loaded, no out<br />
situation to keep the supersectional<br />
game scoreless. Rachel<br />
Larson then lambasted<br />
a 2-run home run the next<br />
inning as Central defeated<br />
Moline 2-0 to advance to<br />
state. The clutch pitching of<br />
Jackie Dugan was prevalent<br />
throughout the postseason,<br />
including a pair of shutouts<br />
and a final fantastic performance<br />
in a 4-1 win over Barrington<br />
in the first ever Class<br />
4A state title game. It was my<br />
first state title coverage for<br />
22nd Century Media and still<br />
is one of my favorite memories.<br />
That was the only team title<br />
for Central in the past decade.<br />
The badminton team placed<br />
second in 2008 and 2009, the<br />
girls water polo team came<br />
close with a runner-up state<br />
finish in 2013, and the Coley<br />
O’Connell-coached boys<br />
bowling team just placed third<br />
this season. I always enjoy<br />
going to the original Lincoln-<br />
Way high school and with<br />
many of its sports programs<br />
on the rise in the past couple<br />
of years, another state title<br />
should certainly happen soon.<br />
When I think Lincoln-Way<br />
East, I think athletic excellence.<br />
In the decade I’ve been<br />
working for 22nd Century<br />
Media, the Griffins have won<br />
10 state titles in five different<br />
sports and have nine runnerup<br />
state finishes. I was on<br />
hand for only two of titles,<br />
but that’s two is more than a<br />
lot of other schools have ever<br />
won. The Griffins no longer<br />
compete in boys gymnastics,<br />
but from 2005-12 they<br />
were among the best in the<br />
state with a pair of first place<br />
finishes and five seconds. I<br />
was there when Ajani Cargle<br />
helped lead them to the title<br />
on their home floor in 2011.<br />
While it was considered a coop<br />
team and an entire District<br />
210 title, it’s still listed under<br />
East since that’s where the<br />
team practiced and a majority<br />
of them were from.<br />
Bolstered by some amazing<br />
individual talent, the East<br />
girls track and field team won<br />
four straight Class 3A state titles<br />
between 2013-2016. Aaliyah<br />
Brown helped kick that<br />
off in 2013 by winning the<br />
100 and 200 meter dash as<br />
well as being a member of the<br />
first place 4x100-and 4x200<br />
meter relay teams. The Griffin<br />
cheer squad took home a<br />
trio of titles between 2014-<br />
2017. I was there for the 2017<br />
state championship and once<br />
again I will tell anyone that<br />
cheerleading is a sport.<br />
Since its inception in the<br />
fall of 2001, the Griffin football<br />
team has made the playoffs<br />
every year and been a<br />
powerhouse. This past fall<br />
they took home their second<br />
state championship trophy,<br />
capping off a thrilling Class<br />
8A ride with a 23-14 victory<br />
over Loyola Academy. East<br />
also took second in 2012. The<br />
boys volleyball team capped<br />
off an outstanding 41-1 season<br />
with a state title in 2014<br />
and placed second a year ago.<br />
The sports I’ve covered the<br />
most at East are both boys<br />
and girls basketball and softball.<br />
While neither program<br />
has brought home a state<br />
trophy, you won’t find many<br />
better coaches than Rich Kolimas<br />
or Jim Martin. Really<br />
loved following both of those<br />
teams setting school records<br />
for wins this season. You also<br />
won’t find many better softball<br />
programs than the Griffins,<br />
who brought home a trio<br />
of state trophies in the past<br />
four years, including second<br />
place finishes in 2015 and<br />
2017. They have a great opportunity<br />
to bring home another<br />
this spring.<br />
One of my favorite things<br />
as a sports reporter, in one<br />
way or another for 34 years,<br />
has been to cover kids of kids<br />
that I covered. That and to<br />
see athletes I’ve covered go<br />
on and become coaches and<br />
even professional athletes.<br />
Someone I saw numerous<br />
times as a softball sensation at<br />
Stagg in the late 90’s was Jen<br />
Tyrrell, who will be the new<br />
principal at Sandburg starting<br />
next school year. With<br />
her leadership the school will<br />
continue success.<br />
Which goes to show this...<br />
I can list all the titles, great<br />
moments, amazing athletic<br />
accomplishments in the past<br />
decade in this area. But what<br />
was behind all of them? People.<br />
The wonderful people of<br />
the southwest suburbs have<br />
made the past 10 years my<br />
most enjoyable as a sports<br />
reporter. Here’s to the next<br />
decade and beyond!<br />
high school highlights<br />
The rest of the week in high school sports<br />
Baseball<br />
Lincoln-Way West 10, Homewood-Flossmoor 9<br />
Kevin Davis hit the game-winning RBI to lead the April<br />
2 win. Joe Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with an RBI, and Brendan<br />
Sturm went 1-for-2 with two RBI.<br />
Lincoln-Way West 4, Joliet West 5<br />
Mike Kennedy went 2-for-3, Kevin Davis went 1-for-3, 2<br />
RBI; and Nick Andersen went a perfect 2-for-2, but it wasn’t<br />
enough in the one-run loss to Joliet West on March 31. Pitcher<br />
Jim Hatfield threw 3 2/3 innings and only gave up one<br />
earned run.<br />
Softball<br />
Lincoln-Way Central 9, Stagg 0<br />
Ashley Platek threw a complete game shutout, adding 16<br />
strikeouts in the effort. Amanda Weyh went 2-for-3 with a<br />
double and three RBI, and Carly Alvers went 2-for-4 with a<br />
double and an RBI in the April 2 win.<br />
Girls Water Polo<br />
Lincoln-Way Central 12, St. Ignatius 6<br />
Megan Cales led the way with five goals in the April 3 win,<br />
boosting the Knights’ record to 9-4 on the season.<br />
High School Highlights are compile by editor James Sanchez,<br />
james@newlenoxpatriot.com.<br />
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This Week In...<br />
Knights varsity<br />
athletics<br />
Baseball<br />
■April ■ 13 - at Bradley-<br />
Bourbonnais, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Stevenson,<br />
1:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 16 - hosts Stagg, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - at Lincoln-Way<br />
West, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Softball<br />
■April ■ 13 - at Lincoln-Way<br />
West, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Plainfield<br />
Central, 10 a.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - at Andrew, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
Boys Water Polo<br />
■April ■ 12 - hosts Homewood-<br />
Flossmoor, 5 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 13 - at Naperville<br />
Central Tournament, 4 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Naperville<br />
Central Tournament, 8 a.m.<br />
■April ■ 18 - hosts Bradley-<br />
Bourbonnais, 5 p.m.<br />
Girls Water Polo<br />
■April ■ 12 - at Homewood-<br />
Flossmoor, 5 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Mundelein<br />
Quad, 2:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 16 - at Mother<br />
McAuley, 6:30 p.m.<br />
Boys Track and Field<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Minooka<br />
Invitational, 10 a.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - at Bolingbrook,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Girls Track and Field<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Minooka<br />
Invitational, 10 a.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - at Thornwood,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Boys Tennis<br />
■April ■ 12 - at Lockport, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - hosts Lincoln-Way<br />
Central Tournament, 9 a.m.<br />
■April ■ 16 - at Kankakee, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - hosts Stagg, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
Girls Soccer<br />
■April ■ 14 - hosts Normal<br />
West, 2:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - at Lincoln-Way<br />
East, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Boys Volleyball<br />
■April ■ 16 - hosts Providence,<br />
6 p.m.<br />
Badminton<br />
■April ■ 12 - at Lincoln-Way<br />
West, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - hosts Andrew,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Warriors varsity<br />
athletics<br />
Baseball<br />
■April ■ 12 - hosts Marist, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Stagg, 2 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - hosts Lincoln-Way<br />
West, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Softball<br />
■April ■ 13 - hosts Lincoln-Way<br />
Central, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Oak Forest, 2<br />
p.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - at Bradley-<br />
Bourbonnais, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Boys Water Polo<br />
■April ■ 12 - hosts Andrew, 5<br />
p.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - at Lockport, 5 p.m.<br />
Girls Water Polo<br />
■April ■ 12 - at Andrew, 5 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Deerfield<br />
Invitational, 8 a.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - hosts Lockport,<br />
5 p.m.<br />
Boys Track and Field<br />
■April ■ 14 - West Aurora<br />
Relays, 10 a.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - hosts Stagg,<br />
Thornwood, Sandburg, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
Girls Track and Field<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Oswego East<br />
Invite, 9 a.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - at Stagg, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
Boys Tennis<br />
■April ■ 12 - at Sandburg, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - at Thornwood,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Girls Soccer<br />
■April ■ 12 - hosts PepsiCo<br />
Showdown, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at PepsiCo<br />
Showdown, TBA<br />
■April ■ 17 - at Homewood-<br />
Flossmoor, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Boys Volleyball<br />
■April ■ 17 - at Marist, 6 p.m.<br />
Badminton<br />
■April ■ 12 - hosts Lincoln-Way<br />
Central, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at New Trier<br />
Featherfest, 8:30 a.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - hosts Bradley-<br />
Bourbonnais, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Celtics Varsity<br />
Athletics<br />
Baseball<br />
■April ■ 12 - hosts St. Rita,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 13 - at Marian<br />
Catholic, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at St. Rita, 11 a.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - hosts Marmion<br />
Academy, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Softball<br />
■April ■ 12 - at Mother<br />
McAuley, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Marian Catholic,<br />
2 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 16 - hosts Munster,<br />
Indiana, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - hosts Fenwick,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Boys Track and Field<br />
■April ■ 12 - at Lemont Outdoor<br />
Invitational, 5 p.m.<br />
Girls Track and Field<br />
■April ■ 12 - at Lemont Outdoor<br />
Invitational, 5 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Oswego East<br />
Invite, 9 a.m.<br />
Boys Tennis<br />
■April ■ 12 - hosts Joliet<br />
Catholic, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Wheaton North<br />
Falcon Quad, 8:30 a.m.<br />
■April ■ 16 - hosts Lemont, 4<br />
p.m.<br />
Girls Soccer<br />
■April ■ 14 - hosts Joliet<br />
Catholic, 2 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 16 - hosts Loyola<br />
Academy, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - hosts Fenwick,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Boys Volleyball<br />
■April ■ 12 - hosts St. Francis-<br />
Wheaton, 6 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 14 - at Lincoln-Way<br />
Central, 6 p.m.<br />
■April ■ 17 - at Andrew, 6 p.m.<br />
SOFTBALL<br />
Local squads aiming for postseason success<br />
JEFF VORVA, Contributing Editor<br />
Lincoln-Way East’s softball team dominated<br />
regional and sectional action en route<br />
to a second-place finish in the Illinois High<br />
School Association Class 4A state tournament<br />
in 2017.<br />
East outscored Thornton Fractional South,<br />
Minooka, Joliet West and Lockport by a<br />
combined score of 26-3.<br />
Will the Griffins be able to breeze in the<br />
early part of the postseason again?<br />
The other teams in the 19-team Joliet West<br />
Sectional will have something to say about<br />
that.<br />
The Griffins will join 22nd Century Mediaarea<br />
teams Lockport, Lincoln-Way Central,<br />
Lincoln-Way West and Andrew in that sectional.<br />
Others in the tournament are Bolingbrook,<br />
Bloom, Crete-Monee, Homewood-<br />
Flossmoor, Thornton, Joliet Central, Joliet<br />
West, Thornton Fractional South,<br />
Minooka, Plainfield Central, Plainfield East,<br />
Plainfield South, Romeoville and Thornwood.<br />
Sandburg is heading to a 19-team sectional<br />
that does not have a host yet. Other teams in<br />
that sectional are Morton, Eisenhower, Reavis,<br />
Curie, Kelly, Kennedy, Marist, Mother<br />
McAuley, Hinsdale South, Proviso West,<br />
Hinsdale Central, Lyons, Oak Lawn, Richards,<br />
Shepard, Stagg, Riverside-Brookfield<br />
and Argo.<br />
In Class 3A, Providence Catholic and Tinley<br />
Park are in a sub-sectional at the 20-team<br />
Ottawa Sectional.<br />
Other teams in the sub-sectional are Coal<br />
City, Hillcrest, Joliet Catholic Academy, La-<br />
Salle-Peru, Morris, Ottawa, Plano and Sandwich.<br />
Seeds will be announced on May 8. The<br />
regionals begin May 21 and the state finals<br />
are June 8-9.<br />
Lincoln-Way West lost its opening round matchup 10-7 to Plainfield South in last year’s<br />
postseason. Expect a better showing this time around with nearly every starter returning<br />
for this year’s run. 22nd Century Media File Photo
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A decade of sports in the Southwest suburbs<br />
Freelancer Randy Whalen<br />
recounts the past 10<br />
years covering LWC,<br />
LWW, Provi, more<br />
Randy Whalen<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
It was Feb. 5, 2008. The new<br />
year had settled in, and on this sixth<br />
Tuesday of it, I was a bit more excited<br />
than usual to cover a boys basketball<br />
game in my hometown of<br />
Lockport.<br />
That’s because in addition to a<br />
couple of other papers, I was covering<br />
it for a newer publication — The<br />
Homerian.<br />
Lockport Township defeated<br />
Bolingbrook 52-43 that day and<br />
went on to place fourth in the state<br />
in Class 4A about six weeks later.<br />
Little did I know that day that I’d<br />
be continuing my journalism career<br />
a decade later mostly writing for that<br />
same company that published The<br />
Homerian. That, of course, being<br />
22nd Century Media and includes<br />
the paper you’re reading this in now.<br />
A lot has changed in those 10<br />
years, including the name of The<br />
Homerian. Shortly after I started<br />
freelancing there, it became The<br />
Homer Horizon. When I first started<br />
stringing for 22nd Century Media,<br />
there were two Lincoln-Way’s. That<br />
fall there were three, the next year<br />
four and sadly now it’s back to three<br />
again.<br />
In the decade I’ve done this job,<br />
I’ve covered everything from golf to<br />
the latest official sport — lacrosse.<br />
Working in the community newspaper<br />
environment has helped make<br />
me a better reporter, a better writer<br />
and, hopefully, a better person. In<br />
the time I’ve freelanced for 22nd<br />
Century Media, the company has<br />
grown into not only the north shore<br />
suburbs but also into Malibu, California.<br />
I’ve remained in my favorite<br />
coverage area, the area I’m from —<br />
the southwest suburbs.<br />
The schools that I’ve covered in<br />
the 10-year time period have combined<br />
to capture 30, that’s right, 30<br />
state championships in that period<br />
of time. It would have been 32, but<br />
a pair of state titles by Lockport<br />
Township and Tinley Park in cheerleading,<br />
took place on the weekend<br />
before I started covering events for<br />
the papers.<br />
Right here, in our little corner of<br />
the world, we are fortunate enough<br />
to have some of the best high school<br />
athletes and programs around.<br />
There’s too many individuals who<br />
have won state titles for me to mention<br />
them all. But I’m going to touch<br />
on some highlights below I’ve covered<br />
in that time period, starting<br />
with perhaps the most amazing accomplishment<br />
of them all.<br />
Providence baseball capturing<br />
three-straight large school state titles.<br />
Between 2014-2016, the Celtic<br />
baseball team never lost in the Class<br />
4A postseason tournament. How<br />
hard is it to win a single-elimination<br />
baseball tournament for threestraight<br />
seasons? It had never been<br />
done in the 75-year history of the<br />
tourney before Providence pulled it<br />
off. In fact, a repeat had only been<br />
done twice in any class.<br />
Many times in that stretch, the<br />
Celtics were down to their final inning,<br />
final out and even final strike.<br />
Under the leadership of coach Mark<br />
Smith, they kept battling all the way<br />
through it, however, and that resolve<br />
paid off with a trio of first-place trophies.<br />
Actually, the best Providence<br />
baseball team in the last decade was<br />
the 2011 team, which went 37-4.<br />
But ran into another 37-4 team, Lyons<br />
Township, which just happened<br />
to be the better team that day in the<br />
state title game.<br />
In my time as a local sports reporter<br />
I’ve encountered many, many<br />
good coaches. But perhaps the one I<br />
was most happy for when he won a<br />
state title was Dick Mandella. I first<br />
met coach Mandella when he was<br />
a fiery boys basketball coach in the<br />
mid 1980s at Providence. He later<br />
moved to the softball coach there<br />
and turned that program around.<br />
In 2001, he took a job as softball<br />
coach at the one-and-only Lincoln-<br />
Way which became Lincoln-Way<br />
Central when East opened in the fall<br />
of 2001. His teams from 2001-2007<br />
won at least 26 games each season<br />
and went a total of 201-40. But the<br />
Knights never won a sectional, so<br />
they and coach Mandella were labeled<br />
as “couldn’t win the big one.”<br />
But everything that went wrong<br />
in the postseason those previous<br />
seasons went right in a glorious run<br />
in 2008. I got to cover the Knights<br />
last five games that spring as it all<br />
came together and they found ways<br />
to win. From the home run hitting<br />
of right fielder Courtney Dunker in<br />
the sectional semifinal game. From<br />
center fielder Desi DeMarco hitting<br />
a late home run in the sectional final<br />
and throwing out a New Trier<br />
runner at home in extra innings in a<br />
scoreless state semifinal game.<br />
From shortstop Cassie Redman<br />
overcoming an earlier error and<br />
making a pair of good plays in the<br />
bottom of the seventh as the Knights<br />
overcame a bases loaded, no out<br />
situation to keep the supersectional<br />
game scoreless. To Rachel Larson<br />
lambasting a two-run home run<br />
the next inning as Central defeated<br />
Moline 2-0 to advance to state. To<br />
the clutch pitching of Jackie Dugan<br />
throughout the postseason, including<br />
a pair of shutouts and a final fantastic<br />
performance in a 4-1 win over<br />
Barrington in the first ever Class<br />
4A state title game. It was my first<br />
state title coverage for 22nd Century<br />
Media and still is one of my favorite<br />
memories.<br />
A sport I’ve loved to cover in the<br />
past decade is bowling. We’ve been<br />
fortunate to have some of the top<br />
programs around, and for one glorious<br />
three-week period in 2012, Andrew<br />
was state champions in both<br />
boys and girls bowling. The girls title<br />
was completely unexpected, but<br />
the Julie DeChene coached Thunderbolts<br />
held off Minooka by 22<br />
pins to capture the championship.<br />
The boys team, coached by Mark<br />
Lobes, took home another trophy<br />
with a second place finish two years<br />
later.<br />
But back to the 30 state titles, right<br />
here, in our little corner of the world,<br />
we are fortunate enough to have<br />
some of the best high school athletes<br />
and programs around. There’s<br />
too many individuals who have won<br />
state titles for me to mention them<br />
all. But I’m going to touch on some<br />
highlights below from each school<br />
I’ve covered in that time period starting<br />
with perhaps the most amazing<br />
accomplishment of them all.<br />
Providence baseball capturing<br />
three straight large school state titles.<br />
Between 2014-2016 the Celtic<br />
baseball team never lost in the Class<br />
4A postseason tournament. How<br />
hard is it to win a single elimination<br />
baseball tournament for three<br />
straight seasons? It had never been<br />
done in the 75 year history of the<br />
tourney before Providence pulled it<br />
off. In fact, a repeat had only been<br />
done twice in any class.<br />
Many times in that stretch the<br />
Celtics were down to their final inning,<br />
final out and even final strike.<br />
Under the leadership of coach Mark<br />
Smith, they kept battling all the way<br />
through it, however, and that resolve<br />
paid off with a trio of first place trophies.<br />
Actually the best Providence<br />
baseball team in the last decade was<br />
the 2011 team, which went 37-4.<br />
But ran into another 37-4 team - Lyons<br />
Township, which just happened<br />
to be the better team that day in the<br />
state title game.<br />
The Celtics also captured state<br />
titles in cheerleading in 2013 and<br />
football in the fall of 2014. Personally<br />
two of my favorite Providence<br />
performances in this time were the<br />
2012 softball team taking third in<br />
Class 3A. Also the recently completed<br />
wrestling season where,<br />
longtime coach Keith Healy departed<br />
with one more wizard like lineup<br />
juggling performance as the Celtics<br />
also placed third in Class 3A and he<br />
went out with a final victory.<br />
While Lincoln-Way North never<br />
captured a team title in its to brief<br />
eight year run as a school, there were<br />
certainly many highlights. Perhaps<br />
the top thing was that the school<br />
being open allowed athletes more<br />
opportunities to play and coaches<br />
more opportunities to coach in a<br />
very talented area.<br />
The Phoenix football team went<br />
0-9 in its first season, but the George<br />
Czart-coached team went 54-20<br />
with six playoff berths in the next<br />
seven seasons. They started 11-0 in<br />
their final season in the fall of 2015,<br />
before losing in the quarterfinals<br />
for the second time in three years.<br />
The boys volleyball team capped an<br />
amazing season with a second place<br />
finish in 2013,<br />
Although they weren’t official,<br />
North had two state titles (2011,<br />
2015) in the Phil Lawler Summer<br />
22nd Century Media sports<br />
freelancer Randy Whalen has<br />
been known for taking selfies with<br />
fans and school staff at every<br />
game he covers. Pictured here is<br />
a recent one from this school year<br />
with Lincoln-Way West Principal<br />
Monica Schmitt. Photo Submitted<br />
Classic, put on by the Illinois High<br />
School Baseball Coaches Association.<br />
I got to cover both, as the one<br />
in 2011 saw perhaps the greatest<br />
comeback I ever witnessed. Down<br />
12-0 down in the regional title<br />
game, including 12-6 in the seventh,<br />
North rallied to defeat Joliet Catholic<br />
Academy 13-12 in eight innings<br />
under the lights on a sweltering July<br />
night.<br />
North’s baseball teams were excellent<br />
in the spring too, winning at<br />
least 22 games and a regional title<br />
for their final seven seasons between<br />
2010-2016. But the Phoenix had the<br />
unfortunate matchup of running into<br />
Providence in sectional title games<br />
in 2014 and 2016.<br />
Now in its ninth year as a school,<br />
Lincoln-Way West also has yet to<br />
capture that team title. I, however,<br />
got to cover a pair of bowlers win<br />
individual state championships.<br />
That was Morgan Flaherty – who<br />
is now an assistant girls bowling<br />
coach at West – in 2012, and Josh<br />
Glover in 2014.<br />
While the Warriors haven’t won<br />
a team title, they certainly came<br />
close in the 2015-2016 school year.<br />
The football team lost in the Class<br />
5A state title game that fall and the<br />
boys basketball team tumbled in the<br />
Class 3A state championship game<br />
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Knights’ outside hitters put on show against Glenbrook South<br />
RANDY WHALEN<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Already a varsity veteran<br />
of three years for the Lincoln-Way<br />
Central boys volleyball<br />
team, junior outside<br />
hitter Jack Yurkanin usually<br />
lets his play do the talking.<br />
Yurkanin did that as he<br />
teamed up with senior outside<br />
hitter Garrett McCrea<br />
to combine for 21 kills and<br />
three aces as Central closed a<br />
short stretch of matches with<br />
a 25-21, 25-21 victory over<br />
Glenbrook South on April 4<br />
in New Lenox.<br />
Senior setter Aidan Mc-<br />
Guire (23 assists) and junior<br />
libero Sebastian Olmos (5<br />
digs) for the Knights (8-5),<br />
who rebounded from a threeset<br />
loss the day before to Naperville<br />
Central.<br />
“We’re a rowdy bunch that<br />
really wants to win,” Yurkanin<br />
said. “There’s a lot of<br />
energy on this team.”<br />
While off the court, Yurkanin<br />
is pretty laid back. But<br />
on the court, watch out.<br />
“He’s our most passive<br />
kid,” Central coach Mary<br />
Brown said of Yurkanin.<br />
“Until he goes up to put the<br />
ball down.”<br />
In the opener, Yurkanin<br />
had a half dozen of his 10<br />
kills, including the set winner.<br />
That helped the Knights<br />
to never trail in the first set.<br />
The score was tied just once,<br />
at 3-3. Then McCrea (11 kills,<br />
ace) and senior middle hitter<br />
Joe Claffy put down backto-back<br />
kills in a 4-0 run that<br />
put Central ahead for good.<br />
Leading 8-7, the Knights had<br />
a 7-2 spurt to take charge. An<br />
ace by McCrea gave them a<br />
24-17 lead.<br />
Glenbrook South (0-2),<br />
which traveled in from Glenview<br />
and was treated to a<br />
pizza party after the match,<br />
saved four set points. But<br />
Yurkanin yelped a kill to end<br />
the opener.<br />
“We’re still figuring out<br />
some stuff, but I think we<br />
have a good road ahead of us,”<br />
Yurkanin said. “I thought that<br />
we played pretty well [against<br />
Glenbrook South], and I think<br />
we’re getting better this year.<br />
I want to see us play the toptier<br />
teams as best as we can.<br />
We lost several seniors from<br />
last year, but we have a lot of<br />
players who are coming back<br />
and are filling in the spots.”<br />
The Titans, who played<br />
only their second match of<br />
the season, raced out to a<br />
5-0 lead in the second set.<br />
But Central responded with<br />
five straight points of its own<br />
to tie it and only trailed one<br />
more time (6-5) after that.<br />
The score was tied 13-13<br />
when junior middle hitter<br />
Brendan McCarthy and junior<br />
outside hitter Aidan Heniff<br />
got kills to end a 3-point burst<br />
that gave the Knights the lead<br />
for good. The Titans never<br />
got closer than two points the<br />
rest of the way. A Yurkanin<br />
kill made it 24-20 and after<br />
a side out, McCarthy mashed<br />
a kill to end it. Junior outside<br />
hitter Stephen Daus (4 kills)<br />
and junior middle hitter Jack<br />
Shampine (3 kills, block) led<br />
the Titans.<br />
A year ago Central finished<br />
28-10 and won its third regional<br />
title in four years and<br />
ninth since 2004. But eight<br />
players graduated from that<br />
team, meaning the Knights<br />
had to reload for this season.<br />
“I’m really proud of our<br />
team since we have a lot of<br />
young kids who are coming<br />
up who were sophomores<br />
last year,” McCrea said. “’We<br />
were nervous coming into the<br />
season, so we didn’t start out<br />
that strong, but we’re getting<br />
better and better in each<br />
[match].<br />
“Even though we have a<br />
really hard sectional at Brother<br />
Rice, [with most of the top<br />
teams in the state], I think as<br />
we go through the season that<br />
we’ll be able to fix all of our<br />
errors. We’re a really hardworking<br />
bunch, and we really<br />
bust our butts in practice day<br />
Jack Yukanin spikes the ball April 4 during a nonconference matchup against Glenbrook South in New Lenox. Photos by<br />
Julie McMann/22nd Century Media<br />
in and day out. We have lots<br />
of fire and have a chip on our<br />
shoulders.”<br />
The lineup changes have<br />
worked though.<br />
“Last year, I had to take the<br />
libero and make him the setter,<br />
and I had to do that again<br />
this year,” Brown said of Mc-<br />
Guire stepping into that role.<br />
“He was good enough and<br />
said he wanted to try it and<br />
played club as a setter, and<br />
he’s coming around. It’s just<br />
a little scary since we have<br />
to run a fast offense, and the<br />
timing has to be perfect.<br />
“The key is obviously our<br />
two outside hitters [Yurkanin<br />
and McCrea], who are our<br />
spark plugs. I was pleasantly<br />
surprised as to how the guys<br />
progressed this year. The<br />
thing that I’m still working<br />
on is putting the puzzle together,<br />
since we still really<br />
don’t have a set lineup. We<br />
play really well and then lack<br />
the focus and tend to get a lot<br />
of unforced errors in a row.<br />
Central libero Sebastian Olmos digs a ball.<br />
I knew that it was going to perville Central, Yurkanin<br />
be a work in progress; I just<br />
hope that we can figure it out<br />
soon because once the season<br />
starts, it goes fast.<br />
In the aforementioned loss<br />
the day before against Na-<br />
(14 kills, 3 aces), McCrea (11<br />
kills, 5 digs) and McGuire (22<br />
assists, 4 digs) led the way.<br />
This week the Knights<br />
traveled to Joliet Catholic<br />
Academy on Monday, April<br />
9 and then hosted Richards<br />
the next day in another nonconference<br />
contest. Next<br />
Monday, April 16 brings a<br />
local nonconference matchup<br />
as Central hosts Providence<br />
at 6 p.m.
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Boys Volleyball<br />
Warriors show grit in another three-set victory<br />
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1st-and-3<br />
Starting April right<br />
1. Lincoln-Way boys<br />
lacrosse (above)<br />
As of April 5, Lincoln-<br />
Way boys lacrosse<br />
has an undefeated<br />
record of 9-0. On<br />
April 2, the unit<br />
blew out Naperville<br />
Central 17-1 on the<br />
road. The team has<br />
outscored its opponents<br />
120-35.<br />
2. Kevin Davis<br />
The Lincoln-Way<br />
West power hitter<br />
was the hero<br />
of the April 2 win<br />
over Homewood-<br />
Flossmoor. He hit the<br />
game-winning RBI to<br />
lead a 10-9 win in a<br />
high-scoring affair.<br />
3. Brandyn Cullen<br />
Just like last year,<br />
the Warriors are out<br />
to a hot start, and<br />
some of that winning<br />
production is credited<br />
to Cullen. He had four<br />
kills and four aces<br />
Thursday, April 5<br />
against Lemont in a<br />
two-set win.<br />
Ben Plustoka to<br />
return from injury<br />
to give West added<br />
offensive threat<br />
RANDY WHALEN<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
So far this season the<br />
Lincoln-Way West boys volleyball<br />
team has gone the<br />
distance.<br />
The Warriors hope to go<br />
the distance at the end of<br />
May too.<br />
West survived a pair of<br />
match points in its opener<br />
April 2 and rallied for a<br />
21-25, 27-25, 25-12 victory<br />
over York in a nonconference<br />
matchup in New<br />
Lenox. That was the first of a<br />
pair of victories on the week<br />
for the Warriors (11-3), who<br />
improved to 5-2 in three-set<br />
matches with the win over<br />
York.<br />
“We have five of our seven<br />
starters back,” West coach<br />
Jodi Frigo said. “We’re still<br />
young and there’s times it<br />
shows. But we’re winners<br />
and don’t give up.”<br />
There’s only two seniors<br />
on this season’s team for<br />
West. They are outside hitter<br />
Brandyn Cullen, who had<br />
13 kills and 12 digs against<br />
York, and middle/right side<br />
hitter Jack Ryan.<br />
“We usually get off to a<br />
slow start and end up going<br />
three sets,” Cullen said.<br />
“I think all of our parents<br />
are aggravated with us. But<br />
we’re fighting and everyone<br />
usually finds their rhythm.”<br />
After dropping the first set<br />
against York, the Warriors<br />
were fighting through the<br />
second set, which featured<br />
11 ties and five lead changes.<br />
Things looked good for West<br />
early with leads of 11-6, 13-<br />
7, and still led 15-11 when<br />
the Dukes made their move.<br />
Senior middle hitter John<br />
Nosek (8 kills) had a pair of<br />
kills to start a 5-0 run that<br />
gave them a 16-15 lead.<br />
The score was then tied<br />
five straight times through<br />
20-20. But Cullen had three<br />
kills as the Warriors went<br />
out to a 23-21 lead. But<br />
back came York with three<br />
straight points, including a<br />
tip kill by Nosek to lead 24-<br />
23. Cullen saved a match<br />
point with a kill, but back<br />
came Nosek with another<br />
kill to give the Dukes a 25-<br />
24 advantage and another<br />
match point.<br />
Then sophomore Tyler<br />
Vedder, who is usually the<br />
Warriors libero but has been<br />
pressed into duty as an outside<br />
hitter, had a tip kill to<br />
once again tie the score at<br />
25-25. Vedder (4 kills, 13<br />
digs) added another kill and<br />
junior middle hitter Chris<br />
Dargan (7 kills) deposited a<br />
block to give West the second<br />
set.<br />
Bolstered by their comeback<br />
in the second set, it<br />
was all Warriors in the third<br />
set. They raced out to leads<br />
of 2-0, 6-1, 10-2, 13-3, and<br />
15-4. York never got closer<br />
Lincoln-Way West right<br />
side Louden Moran is one<br />
of many returners on the<br />
Warriors this season. Last<br />
year, the team started the<br />
year 12-0, and this year they<br />
have a record of 11-3 as of<br />
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than nine points the rest of<br />
the way.<br />
Junior setter David Flores<br />
(33 assists), junior right<br />
side hitter Louden Moran<br />
(9 kills) and junior libero<br />
Nicky Studer (16 digs) also<br />
contributed for West.<br />
“It’s been a ride,” Cullen<br />
said of the Warriors going<br />
the distance in many of their<br />
matches. “It just seems to all<br />
depend on our energy. When<br />
we have a lot of energy, we<br />
feed off each other and it<br />
goes great. I love the chemistry<br />
the team has. A lot of us<br />
guys play club together and<br />
that helps us find a rhythm.”<br />
There wasn’t much<br />
rhythm for West in the<br />
opener. There were five ties<br />
through 8-8. Then the Dukes<br />
went on a 5-1 run to take<br />
the lead for good. The Warrior<br />
did close within 14-13,<br />
but then made five errors in<br />
an 8-2 York spurt that made<br />
the score 22-15. Trailing<br />
24-18, the Warriors saved a<br />
trio of set points, including a<br />
pair of kills by Moran. But<br />
senior setter Ryan Schaner<br />
smacked a block to give the<br />
Dukes the Set One win.<br />
“We made a lot of unforced<br />
errors, but we’ve<br />
played a lot of volleyball in<br />
the last few days,” Frigo said<br />
after the York match. “To<br />
make it work, we have to<br />
go back to basics. We have<br />
a bunch of good volleyball<br />
players rotating in and out.<br />
One of our outside hitters -<br />
[junior] Ben Pluskota, has<br />
been out with a fracture in<br />
his wrist. He just got cleared<br />
[before the York match], but<br />
we didn’t play him. When<br />
we do, Tyler Vedder will go<br />
back to playing libero.”<br />
The weekend before, on<br />
Friday, March 30 and Saturday,<br />
March 31, the Warriors<br />
traveled to the Wheaton-<br />
Warrenville South Tiger<br />
Classic and won the Silver<br />
Division Bracket. That<br />
meant that West finished<br />
ninth overall in its first ever<br />
appearance in one of the<br />
most prestigious tournaments<br />
in the state. Every<br />
match went five sets, with<br />
the Warriors going 4-1 in<br />
them. Their only loss was<br />
a 25-21, 22-25, 25-16 setback<br />
to eventual tournament<br />
champion, Neuqua Valley.<br />
Later last week West<br />
hosted Lemont on Thursday,<br />
April 5 and came away<br />
with a 25-20, 25-18 victory.<br />
While the Warriors were<br />
glad to win so many threeset<br />
matches, they were glad<br />
to capture this one in two.<br />
Cullen (4 kills, 4 aces),<br />
Flores (9 assists), and Ryan<br />
(4 kills) led the way.<br />
West, which lost to eventual<br />
state runner-up and District<br />
210 rival Lincoln-Way<br />
East 25-21, 25-22 in the title<br />
match of the Joliet West Regional<br />
last fall, will not have<br />
to see another Lincoln-Way<br />
team in the sectional this season.<br />
That’s because Lincoln-<br />
Way Central and East are in<br />
the Brother Rice Sectional,<br />
with most of the other top<br />
teams in the state, while the<br />
Warriors were placed in the<br />
Minooka Sectional and will<br />
host a regional as part of that.<br />
This week brought a good<br />
nonconference matchup on<br />
Tuesday, April 10 as the<br />
Warriors hosted St. Rita. The<br />
schedule really picks up next<br />
week with a big nonconference<br />
match at 6 p.m. on<br />
Tuesday, April 17 at Marist.<br />
That’s followed by the<br />
SouthWest Suburban Conference<br />
opener on Thursday,<br />
April 19 at 5:30 p.m. as the<br />
Warriors host Sandburg. Friday,<br />
starting at 5 p.m., and<br />
Saturday, starting at 9 a.m.,<br />
brings a trip to the always<br />
competitive Brother Rice<br />
Invite.<br />
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“When we have a lot of energy, we feed off each<br />
other and it goes great. I love the chemistry the team<br />
has.”<br />
Brandyn Cullen – Lincoln-Way West outside hitter, on the Warriors’<br />
11-3 record as of April 6<br />
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Girls Soccer<br />
4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17<br />
• The Lincoln-Way Central girls soccer team will look<br />
to keep its momentum going against a stiff test at<br />
Lincoln-Way East.<br />
Index<br />
44 – This Week In<br />
42 – Athlete of the Week<br />
FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor James Sanchez,<br />
james@newlenoxpatriot.com.
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Déjà vu<br />
West boys volleyball has<br />
hot start to the season<br />
once again, continues it<br />
against York and Lemont,<br />
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Lincoln-Way Central outside hitter Garrett McCrea spikes a ball past a Glenbrook South blocker April 4 during a<br />
nonconference match between the two teams in New Lenox. Julie McMann/22nd Century Media<br />
Randy’s<br />
reflection<br />
Longtime 22CM<br />
freelancer looks back<br />
on last decade covering<br />
Lincoln-Way sports,<br />
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